Monsignor William Lynn seeks release from prison over cover-up conviction

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Monsignor William Lynn seeks release from prison over cover-up conviction

Matt Williams in New York
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 30 June 2012 21.05 BST

A Catholic church official who became the first in the US to be found guilty of covering up clerical child sex abuse will seek release from prison while he appeals the conviction, his lawyers said Saturday.

Just over a week ago, a jury in Philadelphia found Monsignor William Lynn guilty of child endangerment relating to the handling of known predatory priests who were allowed to continue ministering to youths.

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But on Saturday the Associated Press reported that Lynn's lawyers will push for him to be released under condition of house arrest. They plan to argue at a hearing on Thursday that Lynn has a good chance of getting his conviction overturned on appeal.

Lynn's attorneys are expected to claim that the endangerment law does not apply to their client because he never "supervised" individual children.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/30/monsignor-william-lynn-seeks-release-prison

[rug]

1. That's not unheard of in Pennsylvania.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2012/05/bill_deweese_former_pa_represe.html

[Swede Atlanta]

2. It is about time we start treating these miscreants for what they are....

pedophile protectors. While maybe he didn't have direct supervision of children, he had a duty to children to ensure that pedophile priests were reported to the civil authorities and not to move them around to save face for the church.

I'm so tired of the "mother church" argument like she is some kind of sacred thing. She isn't. She is a human institution, through and through. She was created for the benefit of her leaders and is run for the sole benefit of her leaders. There is absolutely nothing sacred or religious about the Catholic church.

[longship]

3. Jesus wept!

nt