PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Fox News
Published January 24, 2012
| Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia judge could decide Tuesday if prosecutors can tell a jury that the Catholic Church long ignored sex abuse complaints and fed dangerous priests a steady supply of children.
Prosecutors want to use dozens of old allegations at the upcoming March trial of a church official charged with child endangerment and two priests charged with rape.
Monsignor William Lynn is the first U.S. church official to face trial for his handling of sex abuse complaints.
Prosecutors at a pretrial hearing this week called the archdiocese “an unindicted co-conspirator.”
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