CALIFORNIA
NBC Bay Area
By Damian Trujillo
Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012
A man accused of beating a retired priest is in court today answering to charges of elderly abuse and felony assault. The defendant maintains the attack was justified, because the priest allegedly abused him and his brother on a camping trip decades earlier.
William Lynch, 44, attacked Father Jerold Lindner in Los Gatos in 2010, according to prosecutors. Lynch claims the attack stems from a molestation during a camping trip years earlier. Lindner denies those allegations.
Lynch’s defense attorney says that it is well documented that Lindner is one of the worst sex offenders in the Catholic church.
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