PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Daily News
By Mensah M. Dean
Daily News Staff Writer
A PHILADELPHIA judge on Monday denied bail to Monsignor William Lynn, the Catholic priest who was sentenced last month to serve three to six years in state prison for his role in enabling another priest to sexually abuse an altar boy.
After a brief hearing, Common Pleas Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said Lynn, 61, had no constitutional right to receive bail while his case is being appealed. Lynn, who served as secretary for clergy for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2004, was not at the hearing.
Sarmina, who presided over Lynn’s three-month trial, said she denied the defendant bail because of the serious nature of his crime and because he was convicted of a felony.
Lynn’s attorney, Jeff Lindy, decried the ruling and Lynn’s conviction on one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
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