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Philadelphia Priest Abuse Trial Blog
Ralph Cipriano
Jurors in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia sex abuse case Monday sent a few more questions to the judge that took a few more passes over well-plowed ground.
Jurors then followed up those questions by re-hearing a two-hour transcript of the 2008 church canonical trial of Father James J. Brennan read into the record back on April 30th by Msgr. Kevin Quirk. The transcript told the priest’s version of the night he was accused of allegedly attempting to rape 14-year-old Mark Bukowski.
By day’s end, the jurors seemed stuck on the Father Brennan case. Meanwhile, the judge appeared crabby, the prosecutors seemed edgy and the defense lawyers couldn’t be blamed if they were daring to dream about a hung jury.
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