PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CBS Philly
Mark Abrams
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in Harrisburg from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office as it seeks the re-instatement of the child-endangerment conviction of Monsignor William Lynn.
Monsignor Lynn, who served as secretary of the clergy for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was the first high-ranking Roman Catholic church official to be found guilty in a clergy sex abuse case.
That was in July 2012 in Common Pleas Court. He was sentenced to three-to-six years in prison. But his lawyers argued the conviction didn’t meet the standards in the original state child endangerment law.
In December 2013, a three-judge panel at the Superior Court agreed and the cleric was released on bail and remains under house arrest pending the outcome of the DA’s appeal.
Monsignor Lynn’s attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, says the court should concur with the Superior Court
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