PHILADELPHIA (PA)
MSNBC
By NBC News and news services
UPDATED AT 2:17 p.m. ET: PHILADELPHIA — A Roman Catholic Church official has been convicted of child endangerment but acquitted of conspiracy in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial in Philadelphia, according to The Associated Press.
EARLIER: Monsignor William Lynn is the first Roman Catholic church official in the United States tried for his role in protecting predator priests. He’s charged with conspiracy and two counts of child endangerment for allegedly keeping accused priests in parish work around children.
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