PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Chicago Tribune
Reuters
11:57 a.m. CDT, June 20, 2012
(Judge sends jury back to continue deliberations)
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA, June 20 (Reuters) – The jury in the child sex abuse case of Philadelphia Monsignor William Lynn was ordered to resume deliberations on Wednesday after saying it was deadlocked
on most of the charges facing the highest-ranking U.S. clergyman to stand trial in the Roman Catholic church’s pedophilia scandal.
The jury, in its 12th day of deliberations, cited its dilemma in a note to Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina that read: “We the jury are at a hung jury status on all charges except for one.”
“Please advise us as to our next step,” it said.
The judge, who read the note aloud in the courtroom, conferred with prosecutors and defense attorneys and sent the jurors back to continue trying to reach a verdict.
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