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Philly monsignor awaits fate in church cover-up

A Roman Catholic monsignor awaits sentencing Tuesday in a landmark prosecution over his handling of complaints that Philadelphia priests were molesting children.

Monsignor William Lynn faces up to seven years in prison for his felony child endangerment conviction. He was cleared of three related charges at trial.

The 61-year-old Lynn is the first U.S. church official to be branded a felon for covering up abuse claims in the scandal that's rocked the Catholic church for more than a decade. But he may not be the last.

Bishop Robert Finn and the Kansas City diocese face a misdemeanor charge of failing to report suspected child sexual abuse. Both Finn and the diocese have pleaded not guilty, and are set to go on trial next month.

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  • mallen11

    Anytime any person who covers up for child molestation are as guilty in my opinion as those who do it. People who rape or molest children should be executed. They should be held accountable for their heinest crime.

    • Bighoss

      There are a bunch of sorry people at Penn State University who are finding out what can happen when you cover for a predatory pervert.

  • Bighoss

    The verdict is in:

    "PHILADELPHIA—A Roman Catholic monsignor was sentenced Tuesday to as many as six years in prison for allowing a priest suspected of sexual misconduct with a minor to have continued contact with children."
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443570904577546740468482050.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

    Finally–a high-ranking American priest gets nailed for the cover-up of another priest's predatory pedophilia! There are plenty of others who need the same fate.

    • Despeville

      Tens if not hundreds to go…

  • sadnana

    My hope is that pedophilia will be treated as the vile and destructive evil it is and not as somehow "normal" or just another form of sexual expression no worse than any other. I'm glad that some of those who committed this horrible crime and those who looked the other way are being brought to justice. May this be only the first of many more such prosecutions.