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Monsignor Lynn sentenced to three to six years in prison (for ENABLING child raping priests) [View all]
Msgr. William J. Lynn was sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison Tuesday by a judge who said he turned a blind eye while "monsters in clerical garb" sexually abused children, devastating families and shaking the Catholic church across Philadelphia and beyond.
Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said she believed Lynn was once the kind and selfless parish priest that his supporters so passionately described. But as the aide Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua tapped to investigate clergy-sex abuse, Lynn instead chose to protect the church over victims, she said.
The sentence, the first for a Catholic leader for enabling clergy sex abuse, fell just short of the maximum seven-year term Philadelphia prosecutors sought. It was hailed by victims and advocates who had complained church officials long eluded justice for accommodating or concealing priests' attacks on children.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-24/news/32828948_1_william-j-lynn-monsignor-lynn-clergy
Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said she believed Lynn was once the kind and selfless parish priest that his supporters so passionately described. But as the aide Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua tapped to investigate clergy-sex abuse, Lynn instead chose to protect the church over victims, she said.
"You knew full well what was right, Monsignor Lynn, but you chose wrong," she told him.
The sentence, the first for a Catholic leader for enabling clergy sex abuse, fell just short of the maximum seven-year term Philadelphia prosecutors sought. It was hailed by victims and advocates who had complained church officials long eluded justice for accommodating or concealing priests' attacks on children.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-24/news/32828948_1_william-j-lynn-monsignor-lynn-clergy
Convicted of ENABLING child rapers. You know, to supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity. Giving time, money, or support falls under that definition. Let that roll around in your head for a bit.
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Monsignor Lynn sentenced to three to six years in prison (for ENABLING child raping priests) [View all]
cleanhippie
Jul 2012
OP
If they are funding the pedophile ring called the catholic church, yes I am.
Dems to Win
Jul 2012
#4
Well, at least I would have probably had the presence of mind to edit the alert message
cbayer
Jul 2012
#47
I wouldn't. I'm not neutral about much, but for you to question my integrity and fair play after
cbayer
Jul 2012
#51
I have no idea what you are talking about. You mean this has been going on for a while?
cbayer
Jul 2012
#56
Don't priests refer to their congregations as "flocks" with him as the "shepherd"?
cleanhippie
Jul 2012
#6
Don't Catholics (and other Christians) think being "sheep" is a GOOD thing?
2ndAmForComputers
Jul 2012
#14
Hundreds of pedophile priests, dozens of Bishop enablers, decades of abuse...
Walk away
Jul 2012
#50
Sandusky belonged to St. Paul's United Methodist Church. That's where my wife knows him from.
kwassa
Jul 2012
#69
I suppose if you really believe that a mans religion and church has no bearing on....
Walk away
Jul 2012
#82