A Philadelphia court has convicted Msgr. William J. Lynn on one count of endangering children, the first instance in which an American Catholic official was found guilty of a cover up in the church’s sexual abuse scandal. Lynn, who was acquitted of a conspiracy charge and a second count of endangerment, was found guilty of ignoring and playing down accusations against priests and reassigning known predators to different parishes.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=157458