PHILADELPHIA (PA)
KTAR
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
March 26th, 2012
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A lawyer for a high-ranking Catholic monsignor on trial in Philadelphia says his client won’t run from the church’s sex abuse crisis.
The defense says Monday that Monsignor William Lynn is perhaps the only person in the Philadelphia archdiocese who tried to address it.
Lynn supervised more than 800 priests as the longtime secretary for clergy. He’s the first U.S. church official ever charged over his handling of abuse complaints.
Prosecutors say Lynn helped the church cover up the abuse complaints and endangered children by keeping dangerous priests in ministry.
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