Jury back at work in Philly priest-abuse trial

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
The Mercury

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A jury is back at work for a sixth day in a groundbreaking priest-abuse trial in Philadelphia.

Seven men and five women are weighing charges that a Roman Catholic church official conspired to endanger children in the Philadelphia archdiocese by keeping predators in ministry.

Monsignor William Lynn says he took orders from his archbishop, and did what he could to get accused priests into treatment from 1992 to 2004.

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