PHILADELPHIA (PA)
The New York Times
By JON HURDLE
Published: July 5, 2012
PHILADELPHIA — A former cardinal’s aide, found guilty last month of endangering children, must remain in jail until he is sentenced, instead of being released on house arrest.
On Thursday, Judge M. Teresa Sarmina ruled that Msgr. William J. Lynn, 61, of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, should not be given special treatment, essentially agreeing with prosecutors who said others convicted of a similar felony crime would not be allowed to remain at home pending a sentencing hearing, as his defense team had requested. He is the first senior official in the Romanc Catholic Church in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests under his supervision.
Monsignor Lynn, who faces up to seven years in prison, is scheduled to be sentenced July 24, a date that was moved up by Judge Sarmina on Thursday from the previously scheduled date of Aug. 13.
On June 22, after a three-month trial, a jury conviced Monsignor Lynn of a single count of endangering children, but acquitted him of conspiracy and a second count of endangerment.
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