Convicted Supervivor Priest in Childhood Sexual Abuse Case Imprisoned Until Sentencing
The Philadelphia Inquirer just reported that Msgr. William J. Lynn, who was recently convicted of child endangerment after a several months long trial, today lost his attempt to be released from prison where he is being held prior to being sentenced for his crime. The story can be found at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20120705_Judge_denies_Lynn_s_bid_for_house_arrest.html
The judge in this case reportedly agreed that Lynn was a flight risk, which is not an unreasonable conclusion since the Vatican appears to have in the past become a hide out for high church officials fleeing justice, as happened previously when Boston’s Cardinal Law fled to Rome from Boston law enforcement authorities. Indeed, the press reported that the prosecutor in this case actually argued that Lynn could seek “asylum” from the Vatican, which due to a quirk of history is actually its own nation state.
Since this high church official is not receiving any preferential treatment from the prosecutor’s office or the courts, perhaps this will send a message to other present day church officials that there is a price to pay for continuing their cover-up of sexual crimes committed on children and the cover-up must end or others may see the inside of a jail cell or a prison.
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