CALIFORNIA
The Oakland Tribune
By Tracey Kaplan tkaplan@mercurynews.comcontracostatimes.com
Posted: 05/02/2012
The San Francisco man accused of beating up an elderly Los Gatos priest he says molested him when he was a child was not a berserk vigilante hellbent on revenge.
Instead, his lawyer asserts, Will Lynch suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and acted out of self-defense during a confrontation with the priest he contends physically tortured him and forced him to have sex with his brother more than three decades ago.
In a closely watched assault case, that ambitious defense will be used by Lynch’s attorneys to defend him against charges involving the Rev. Jerold Lindner, whom the Jesuits have acknowledged is on a list of molesters living at the Sacred Heart retirement and medical center in Los Gatos.
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