On Day 8 of Deliberations, Priest Sex-Abuse Trial Jurors Ask About Intent, Conspiracy
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June 14, 2012
As jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial ended their eighth day of deliberations, they asked the trial judge that if endangering the welfare of a child was the result of criminal conspiracy, does that crime have to have been the intent of participants in the conspiracy. Full Text
Sharp Exchange Between Lawyers Marks Day Seven of Priest Abuse Trial Deliberations
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June 12, 2012
At the end of the seventh day of jury deliberations in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial, the jury asked for an alleged sex-abuse victim’s two-day testimony to be read back to them, as well as the alleged victim’s mother’s testimony and the interview done by a church investigator with the priest who allegedly abused M.B. The Legal is not naming alleged victims. Full Text
Day 7: Attorneys Argue Over Giving Church Trial Testimony to Jury
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June 12, 2012
When the jury deliberating for the seventh day on the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial asked for the canonical trial testimony of alleged victim M.B., defense attorney William Brennan said the testimony should not be given nor read to the jury.Full Text
More Questions, No Verdict in Phila. Priest Sex-Abuse Trial
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June 11, 2012
As jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial undertook a half-day of deliberations, they asked three questions. Full Text
Jury Deliberations Continue in Priest Sex-Abuse Case
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June 5, 2012
On the third day of deliberations in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia priest sex-abuse case, the jury asked a series of questions before asking to break for the day around 3:20 p.m. Full Text
Deliberations Continue in Priest Abuse Case
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June 4, 2012
The jury in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse case requested at least eight documents, but one — in which a Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia investigator interviewed a defendant for the church's internal sexual-abuse investigation — was withheld. Full Text
Lawyers Make Closing Arguments In Landmark Priest Sex-Abuse Trial
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June 1, 2012
With the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial expected to go the jury today, a prosecutor argued that a Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia official lied to an investigating grand jury that he couldn't find a list he'd developed out of the church's secret archives of priests accused of sexual abuse and other sexual misconduct. Full Text
Defense Rests in Phila. Priest Sex-Abuse Trial
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May 30, 2012
After both defendants in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse case rested Tuesday, the case is poised to go to jury later this week. Full Text
Lynn Testifies He Would Do 'Anything' to Control Priests
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May 25, 2012
As a Catholic Church official was interrogated by a prosecutor about at least 15 priests accused of sexual abuse whose assignments he handled, the defendant said that he would take any tack that he could to get the clerics to stay in line. Full Text
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