Philadelphia’s top prosecutor said that a jury’s verdict Friday on one of four charges brought against the first Catholic Church official to be criminally prosecuted for placing children in proximity with sexually abusive priests when he did not directly abuse the children would change how religious and secular institutions deal with sexual abuse.
The prosecution and conviction of defendant Monsignor William J. Lynn “will change the ways business is done in institutions … where people will not protect predators at any cost,” Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said.
