CALIFORNIA
Oakland Tribune
By Tracey Kaplan tkaplan@mercurynews.com
contracostatimes.com
Posted: 06/21/2012
The judge in the priest beating trial sent the jury home today without hearing any testimony, offering no explanation for the move.
Speculation is rampant about why Judge David Cena sent the jury home until Monday at 10 a.m., and ordered the lawyers back in court at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
San Francisco resident Will Lynch is accused of beating Father Jerrold Lindner at a Jesuit retirement center in Los Gatos. Lynch claims Lindner molested Lynch and his brother when they were young.
Lindner took the stand Wednesday afternoon and was scheduled to resume his testimony today.
Given how distressed the prosecutors looked in court this morning, a couple of scenarios for the judge’s action today are highly likely, legal experts say.
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