Monsignor William Lynn, the first senior U.S. Roman Catholic Church official to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse, was sent back to prison on Thursday after a judge rejected his bid for house arrest.
Family members sobbed in
Police launch child porn investigation at Connecticut church
Connecticut state police officers are investigating the discovery of possible child porn at a Roman Catholic church in Waterford.
WFSB-TV reports that police declined to provide details, saying only that a “criminal investigation” is in progress after computers were reportedly
Argentine Bishop Bargallo quits over ‘amorous ties’ row
The Pope has accepted the resignation of an Argentine bishop after the publication of pictures showing him embracing a woman on a Mexican beach.
Bishop Fernando Bargallo, 57, was photographed in the sea, hugging a woman in a bikini.
He
Woman Says ‘Exorcist’ Priest Abused Her
A Roman Catholic priest “kissed (a woman) on all parts of her body” during a so-called “exorcism” session, and “frequently explained full, passionate kisses as ‘blowing the Holy Spirit into’ her,” the woman claims in court.
Jane Doe sued the
Catholic bishop faces Vatican’s wrath after he’s busted cavorting with a scantily-clad beauty on the beach
Argentine Bishop Fernando María Bargallo red-faced after footage emerges
Initially denied he was in video, but later admitted he played starring role
Now under investigation by the Vatican and could be de-frocked
A Catholic bishop busted cavorting on a beach
Gerald T. Slevin: The Jury Has Spoken! Will the Pope Now Speak?
In Philadelphia today, the jury in the Philadelphia abuse trial found Msgr. William Lynn guilty of child endangerment. Brian Roewe reports on this story at National Catholic Reporter. Jerry Slevin, a Harvard-trained lawyer who has closely followed this trial, has
Monsignor William Lynn convicted of endangerment
A Roman Catholic church official was convicted Friday of child endangerment but acquitted of conspiracy in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial, becoming the first U.S. church official convicted of a crime for mishandling abuse claims.
Monsignor William Lynn helped the archdiocese
Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers
File Under: This man couldn’t tell the truth if his life depended upon it!
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive for them to agree to
Consent
… Prosecutor: Pa. diocese ‘disgraceful,’ ‘criminal’
PHILADELPHIA — After eight weeks of wrenching testimony, Philadelphia prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the trial of a Roman Catholic church official accused of helping bury complaints that priests were raping and molesting children.
Monsignor William Lynn is the