As the second week of jury selection continues in the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia sex-abuse case, the presiding judge has denied the latest defense motion to dismiss charges of endangering the welfare of children and conspiracy against the archdiocese’s former secretary of clergy.
Prosecutors called the motion to dismiss the charges against a church official who was in charge of assigning priests who allegedly abused youth “a press release … [that] spews false information that serves no purpose other than to pollute the pool of jurors.”
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