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By Sheila Sanchez
A defrocked Los Gatos Jesuit priest, scheduled to testify for the second day in the trial of a San Francisco man accused of beating him up in May of 2010 due to allegations of sexual abuse, was confronted by a woman attending the proceedings as he was entering the courtroom Thursday morning.
Debbie Lukas, a member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests group, was outside the courtroom as Father Jerold Lindner was being escorted in by court security, when she yelled at him “rapist” and tried to confront him.
Her screams could be heard from inside Department 34 of the San Jose Hall of Justice where the jury had been seated for a second day of testimony in the high-profile trial.
After the commotion, the courtroom sat silent, many perplexed, including Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge David Cena, who’s presiding over the case, and the attorneys representing William Lynch and prosecutor Vicki Gemetti.
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