Jury works to break deadlocks in clergy sex-abuse trial

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer

By John P. Martin
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

The deadlocked jury reported for duty again this morning in the trial of two Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests.

On Wednesday, the panel of seven men and five women said told Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina it had reached a consensus on only one of the five counts against Msgr. William J. Lynn and the Rev. James J. Brennan. It did not identify which charge or defendant.

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