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	Four Priests in Philadelphia Area Face Sex-abuse-related Charges York Daily Record February 10, 2011 http://www.ydr.com/ci_17350494 Monsignor William Lynn, former head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Office for Clergy, will face criminal charges for allegedly failing to protect children from sexual abuse by two priests, District Attorney Seth Williams announced today. The felony charges against Lynn, who served as Secretary of the Office for Clergy under Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, follow a grand jury investigation, Williams said at a news conference. Williams also announced the felony charges against the Revs. Charles Engelhardt, 64, and Edward Avery, 68, and Bernard Shero, 47, a former 6th grade teacher at St. Jerome's School in Northeast Philadelphia, with raping and sexually assaulting the same 10-year-old boy in the parish between 1998 and 2000. Another priest, the Rev James Brennan, 47, is charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in 1996.
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