PHILADELPHIA (PA)
ABC News
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA August 6, 2012 (AP)
Another church-abuse trial is set to start next month in Philadelphia, and a Roman Catholic monsignor is fighting his recent conviction.
The Rev. Charles Engelhardt and former teacher Bernard Shero are charged with raping the same altar boy in the late 1990s in northeast Philadelphia. Their trial is set for Sept. 4.
Their accuser was a key witness at Monsignor William Lynn’s trial. In June, a jury convicted Lynn of child endangerment for failing to oust then-priest Edward Avery after a 1992 complaint. Avery admits sexually assaulting the boy in 1999.
The same man says Shero and Engelhardt also assaulted him.
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