Perjury Charges against Los Gatos Priest Being Discussed

By Matt Burrows
KLIV
September 12, 2012

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A group of alleged molestation victims of a retired Los Gatos priest are pushing to have perjury charges filed against him.

Santa Clara County prosecutors are meeting with advocates of the alleged victim group to discuss filing charges against Reverend Jerold Lindner, who testified in the July assault trial of William Lynch.

Lynch claimed he and his brother were molested as children by Lindner, and that he was trying to get the priest to confess when he attacked him at his retirement home in 2010.

Lindner denied that molestation in testimony, despite a settlement paid to the Lynch brothers by the Jesuits, and a prosecutor telling jurors Lindner would likely lie about it.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen has said he is close to making a decision whether or not to file the perjury charges.