PENNSYLVANIA
Catholic News Agency
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 9, 2016 / 04:45 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- There will be drama in Philadelphia.
A landmark case involving Catholic officials’ response to sex abuse is planned for retrial May 1 of next year. The accused is a monsignor who was the first Catholic official convicted for his supervisory actions regarding a priest accused of abusing children.
But claims of new exonerating evidence and a court’s decision to throw out the monsignor’s previous sentence make the situation more complex.
Monsignor William J. Lynn, 65, was released from Pennsylvania state prison Aug. 2 on $250,000 bail. He had served 33 months in prison on a conviction that was overturned in late 2015.
The monsignor was sentenced to three to six years in prison after a 2012 trial.
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