Judge in priest beating case sends jury home for the week without explanation

CALIFORNIA
Marin Independent Journal

By Tracey Kaplan
tkaplan@mercurynews.com
mercurynews.com

Posted: 06/21/2012

The judge in the priest beating trial sent the jury home today without hearing any testimony, offering no explanation for the move.

Judge David Cena ordered the attorneys for both sides to return at 1:30 p.m. Friday for a hearing regarding an undisclosed topic. The jury is scheduled to return Monday.

San Francisco resident Will Lynch is accused of beating Father Jerrold Lindner at a Jesuit retirement center in Los Gatos. Lynch claims Lindner molested Lynch and his brother when they were young.

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