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	Lunchtime Crowd Reacts to Priest Guilty Verdict By Ignazio Messina Toledo Blade May 11, 2006 http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060511/NEWS02/60511042 Reaction to today's guilty verdict against Catholic priest Gerald Robinson for the 1980 murder of a nun ranged from shock and disappointment to relief and satisfaction. Toledo Attorney Janelle Schaller was among many people getting lunch downtown when the verdict was announced. She was surprised the jury returned a guilty verdict in such a short period of time. "I was not a juror and I did not see all the evidence they saw, but it seemed like a tough case for the prosecution," Ms. Schaller said. Other people were happy to hear Robinson was found guilty of the murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl on April 5, 1980. Rachel Lewis, who works for the Hylant Group, said many of her co-workers were pleased when the guilty verdict was announced. "They were glad because a lot of people thought he was guilty, but that he would get off," Ms. Lewis said. Personally, Ms. Lewis said she was surprised by the verdict because she felt the case was difficult for the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
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