Man Who Punched Abusing Priest Seeks Change to Molesting Laws

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NBC Bay Area

By Chris Roberts | Thursday, Jun 6, 2013

Will Lynch admits he punched the priest he accused of molesting him as a child decades ago. And now he’s launching another campaign against child molesters.

A political campaign.

Lynch claims that he and his younger brother were abused by Rev. Jerold Lindner on a “religious camping trip” 35 years ago, when the pair were 7 and 4 years old, respectively, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

He filed suit claiming that Lindner raped him and made him have oral sex with his brother — and decades later, as an adult, was acquitted of assault after he punched Lindner — and now wants to have the state eliminate the statute of limitations for filing charges against alleged perpetrators of sexual abuse, the newspaper reported.

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