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.
Alan J. Tauber of Lindy & Tauber told Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge M. Teresa Sarmina that providing such an explanation runs the risk that the jury would consider the guilt or innocence of his client and his co-defendant in terms of tort or family law.
