PHILADLEPHIA (PA)
The Seattle Times
Several Roman Catholic priests have testified in a landmark clergy-abuse case, and one says he found pornography and a lewd letter to a boy in the rectory.
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA —
Several Roman Catholic priests have testified in a landmark clergy-abuse case, and one says he found pornography and a lewd letter to a boy in the rectory.
The priests are prosecution witnesses in the trial of the longtime secretary for clergy in the Philadelphia archdiocese. Monsignor William Lynn is charged with endangering children by allegedly helping the church hide abuse complaints.
Father Joseph Okonski told jurors Wednesday that he found a box of pornographic magazines and videos in another priest’s room in 1995.
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