Lynn Takes Stand In His Own Defense
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May 24, 2012
The Catholic Church official charged with endangering two men who testified they were sexually abused by two priests as youths said in his defense Wednesday that he was motivated to go through the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's secret archives of troubled priests after looking at a file of a priest accused of indecent conduct and seeing that the priest had prior, similar misconduct. Full Text
Co-Defendants Acquitted Of 1 Conspiracy Charge In Priest Sex-Abuse Case
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May 18, 2012
The judge presiding over the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial acquitted the cleric in charge of reviewing allegations of sexual abuse or other misconduct by priests with minors of conspiring to endanger the welfare of a 30-year-old man who says a priest attempted to rape him. Full Text
Pa. Bishops Formed Committee to Shield Secret Archives From Discovery
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May 17, 2012
As the last prosecution witness in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial took the stand Wednesday, the jury was told about an Archdiocese of Philadelphia document turned over to prosecutors that documented that the late Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua and other Pennsylvania bishops formed an ad hoc committee to "better protect … from civil law discovery" secret-archive files of priests who had a history of problems, including of allegations of sexually abusing minors. Full Text
Lawyers Spar Over 'Duty' Explanation in Abuse Case
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May 11, 2012
When, and if, the jurors in the Philadelphia priest sex-abuse case receive the judge's charge, prosecutors want them to hear an explanation of what it means to have a duty of care to not endanger the welfare of children, while the defense does not want any such explanation. Full Text
Lawyers Argue Over Deposition of Priest's Alleged Supervisors
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May 9, 2012
Defense attorneys for the Catholic Church official on trial in Philadelphia are objecting to a prosecution motion to take the depositions of nuns who lived at the same monastery with a priest who two witnesses have testified raped them for several years when they were young teenagers. Full Text
Defense Attorney Questions Canonical Trial Procedures
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May 1, 2012
A defense attorney for accused priest James J. Brennan spent much of his cross-examination Monday of a canonical judge questioning the process used to try priests under church law as well as the era of quick judgment within the Roman Catholic Church after its bishops adopted in 2002 new guidelines for dealing with criminal behavior by priests. Full Text
AWOL Alleged Abuser Wasn't a Big Deal, Lynn Told '02 Grand Jury
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April 27, 2012
When defrocked priest Stanley Gana went absent without leave from a Catholic therapy facility in Toronto after being accused of sexually abusing two teenagers, Monsignor William J. Lynn told a grand jury in 2002 that "it wasn't that big of a deal at that time. Full Text
Abuse Case Witness Testifies He Was Not Warned About Priest
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April 26, 2012
The Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia's delegate for investigating sexually abusive priests was told in 1992 that defrocked priest Edward V. Avery had touched a man's genitals when the man was 15 years old and again when he was 18 as he slept in the same bed as Avery. Full Text
Introduction of Avery's Guilty Plea Still Unresolved
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April 25, 2012
Defense attorneys for the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia official accused of endangering the welfare of a man set to testify today that he was abused by a defrocked priest will have to take their chances that prosecutors might be able to tell the jury about the ex-cleric's guilty plea. Full Text
Sarmina Mulls Hearing Additional Accusers in Priest Sex-Abuse Case
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April 24, 2012
A Philadelphia judge presiding over the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia priest sex-abuse trial must decide if the reports from five people in 2010 that they were abused sexually by defrocked priest Edward Avery can be admitted into evidence in order to bolster the prosecution's case. Full Text
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