PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Associated Press
BY MARYCLAIRE DALE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge has cleared the way for prosecutors to retry a former Philadelphia church official imprisoned over his handling of abuse complaints.
Monsignor William Lynn served nearly three years of a three- to six-year sentence when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court tossed his conviction over trial errors.
That was the second time Lynn’s 2012 conviction for child endangerment had been thrown out.
A judge on Friday denied a defense request to block a retrial, but the defense can appeal the ruling.
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams charged Lynn even though his predecessor thought the law did not allow it.
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