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Imprisoned Philly priest appeals for bail in higher court
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | Aug. 16, 2012 | John P. Martin, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Posted on 09/13/2012 11:35:14 AM PDT by count-your-change

Lynn is serving 3 to 6 years in state prison after a Common Pleas Court jury found him guilty of endangering children when he was secretary for clergy under Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua. Lynn, who managed archdiocesan priests assignments, let one remain in active ministry at a Northeast Philadelphia parish in the 1990s despite concluding that he had once abused a minor. That priest, Edward Avery, later sexually assaulted a 10-year-old altar boy

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TOPICS: Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: philadelphia; priests; trial
That Lynn was put on trial and convicted marks a first since he personally wasn't accused of abuse but of endangerment.

The trials of several other priests have been working their way through the Philadelphia courts but this was the first time a U.S. church official was convicted for moving an offending priest from one parish to another according to news reports.

1 posted on 09/13/2012 11:36:05 AM PDT by count-your-change
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To: count-your-change

Why is it that no one is mentioning that word? And that he was covered for, protected, by the Pink Mafia in the Philly Archdioceses?


2 posted on 09/13/2012 11:48:09 AM PDT by jonascord (Hot Flash: Your "government" is no longer mine.)
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To: count-your-change

This whole case is a travesty.

Go after the molestors, not the hierarchy.

If this is allowed to stand, no one will be safe from being charged with a conspiracy or complicity in anything from some overly-ambitious prosecutor out to make a name for himsef, (or more likely herself.)


3 posted on 09/13/2012 11:49:56 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine ("On the ascent of Olympus, what's a botched bar or two?" -Artur Schnabel)
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To: Emperor Palpatine
This whole case is a travesty.

Go after the molestors, not the hierarchy.


What?!?! That's like saying "go after the drug users and not the drug dealers".
The preeminent problem within the catholic church is the hierarchy who hid, covered for, shuffled around, and outright enabled these travesties to happen. If all you do is get rid of one generation of pedophiles and then allow the hierarchy to remain whom covered for them in the first place...they'll just replace them with a new generation of pedophiles.
It's pretty simple, really. If the catholic church want the travesties to stop, and the ongoing revelations to cease, then the catholic church needs a church-wide PURGE of all the pedophiles & homosexuals IN ADDITION TOO the hierarchy who covers for them and enables them. If all the church does is squirrel them away then the disease will continue to spread.
4 posted on 09/13/2012 11:57:46 AM PDT by brent13a
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We are well past the days of: "the teacher, the pastor, the priest, the nun - are always right". The folks sitting in the pews need to take responsibility for policing their leadership. The sexual sins that we're seen predominately but not exclusively in the Catholic church is proof that we cannot "blindly" believe or trust leadership. If the Catholics in the pews are not interested in cleaning their house, then they will be guilty of sacrificing their children on the altar of religious pride and stupidity.

Every priest or pastor who abuses a child should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. They should be shot IMHO. All those who are complicit in enabling these scum must also be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

5 posted on 09/13/2012 1:04:15 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: Emperor Palpatine
True, nothing would be worse for the cause of justice than a prosecutor trying to show how tough they are or trying to show that their own Catholic background doesn't influence them.

But as the article points out, this is a first and might indeed open the floodgates to similar prosecutions.

6 posted on 09/13/2012 2:30:34 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: jonascord

Some of news reports do exactly that but since there might be problems posting from them I didn’t.

One of the charges was child endangerment as I recall because Lynn knew, knew,.... .the offending priest had molested and sought to cover for him by moving him from parish to parish.


7 posted on 09/13/2012 2:36:12 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: JesusIsLord
We are well past the days of: "the teacher, the pastor, the priest, the nun - are always right". The folks sitting in the pews need to take responsibility for policing their leadership. The sexual sins that we're seen predominately but not exclusively in the Catholic church is proof that we cannot "blindly" believe or trust leadership. If the Catholics in the pews are not interested in cleaning their house, then they will be guilty of sacrificing their children on the altar of religious pride and stupidity.
Every priest or pastor who abuses a child should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. They should be shot IMHO. All those who are complicit in enabling these scum must also be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.


Agreed, 100%
8 posted on 09/13/2012 4:04:27 PM PDT by brent13a
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To: Emperor Palpatine

“This whole case is a travesty.

Go after the molestors, not the hierarchy.

If this is allowed to stand, no one will be safe from being charged with a conspiracy or complicity in anything from some overly-ambitious prosecutor out to make a name for himsef, (or more likely herself.)”

You could not be more incorrect.
Information that is required to be passed to law enforcement, was not.
A person known to be a danger to minors was allowed to stay in a position where he had access and authority.

I have personally had FReepers tell me that the priests were victims of overzealous promiscuous youths

I believe:
The Catholic church continues to view this as more of a financial liability than a moral failing

The bottom line is this. Anyone knowing or suspecting sexual impropriety involving a minor has but one legal and moral course; report it immediately to authorities and make sure it is acted upon.

Anything less, and the person with knowledge has just become an accessory to the crime. They too are guilty!

I wish I believed the Catholic Church had learned that lesson and embraced the responsibility associated with it. Other churches and secular organizations have.

If the Catholic church does not, without reservation, change this culture of ‘keeping it quiet and internal’ they will soon be bankrupt. Those with knowledge who fail to act must pay a price to force this cultural change. It is obvious that the Catholic church has moved reluctantly and grudgingly toward correcting this issue.

And save your breath, I’ve read the John Jay report.

Quit protecting sexual predators.
Quit protecting sexual predator protectors.
Quit equivocating.
NOW!

will wallace


9 posted on 09/15/2012 4:40:52 AM PDT by will of the people
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