PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Joseph A. Slobodzian and John P. Martin
Inquirer Staff Writers
After 12 days of deliberations, the jury considering charges against two Philadelphia priests in the landmark church sex-abuse trial reported Wednesday that it was deadlocked on four of five charges, but it resumed working toward a verdict upon the judge’s order.
The Common Pleas Court jury of seven men and five women gathers again Friday to continue deliberations after a day off so one juror can tend to what Judge M. Teresa Sarmina called an “important family matter.”
The jurors came into court shortly before noon after sending the message the lawyers and trial participants had dreaded but seemed to anticipate: Deadlocked – on all but one count.
“Please advise us of our next step,” the jury’s note concluded.
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