PHILADELPHIA (PA)
AFP
By Daniel Kelley (AFP)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — The first Catholic priest in the United States to be charged with covering up his subordinates’ sexual abuse of children arrived in court Monday for a landmark trial in Philadelphia.
Prosecutors are targeting Monsignor William Lynn for allegedly shuffling two priests suspected of child abuse to other positions around the Philadelphia, thereby enabling the crimes to continue.
The role of such a senior official, whose co-defendant Reverend James Brennan is accused of sexually abusing boys in the 1990’s, makes the trial the first of its kind in the United States.
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