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Monsignor’s lawyers will push for his release as part of appeal

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A Catholic church official who become the first in the US to be found guilty of covering up clerical child sex abuse will seek release from prison while he appeals the conviction, his lawyers said Saturday. Just over a week ago, a jury in Philadelphia found Monsignor William Lynn guilty…

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Catholic official found guilty of covering up sexual abuse by priests

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By Daniel Kelley PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — A Philadelphia monsignor became Friday the highest-ranking US church official to be convicted over a child sex cover-up, as he was was found guilty of endangerment. Monsignor William Lynn, who served as secretary of the Philadelphia Archdiocese from 1994 to 2001, was acquitted of…

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Philadelphia priest says cardinal ordered child abuse cover-up

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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The highest ranking cleric charged in a Philadelphia pedophilia scandal asked a judge on Friday to dismiss his case because his boss – the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua – ordered a list he made of predator priests be shredded. Lawyers for Monsignor William Lynn, 61, filed the…

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