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Part Two of Landmark Clergy Sex Abuse Case To Begin Monday, Jan. 7 4 Jan 2013 | 08:36 pm
The sex abuse case against Father Charles Engelhardt and former Catholic lay teacher Bernard Shero is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday with jury selection on the third floor of the Criminal Justic...
Prosecutor: Claim of False Confession "Utterly Frivolous" 8 Oct 2012 | 06:13 pm
The district attorney says a defense motion to reconsider bail in the case of Msgr. William J. Lynn, based upon allegations of a false confession by an alleged co-conspirator, former priest Edward V. ...
Defense: Secret Polygraph Test Indicates Father Avery Never Assaulted 10-Year-Old Altar Boy, So Monsignor Lynn Was Convicted of A Crime That Never Hap... 18 Sep 2012 | 05:51 am
A motion to reconsider bail filed in Pennsylvania Superior Court contains a bombshell disclosure -- that Father Edward V. Avery passed a polygraph test indicating he had never touched the former 10-ye...
After A Tearful Apology, A "Humbled" Former Archdiocese of Philadelphia CFO Is Hauled Off To Jail 25 Aug 2012 | 12:53 am
Why did Anita Guzzardi, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, embezzle $906,000 from her employer? In court today at a sentencing hearing, four different people offer...
Bishops Cullen and Cistone To Be Named Defendants in Ongoing Civil Case Against Archdiocese of Philadelphia 22 Aug 2012 | 05:44 pm
They may have escaped criminal prosecution, but according to a memorandum of law filed Monday in Common Pleas Court, Bishops Edward P. Cullen and Joseph R. Cistone can expect to be named as defendants...
Defense Lawyers Ask State Superior Court to Grant Bail to Monsignor Lynn 17 Aug 2012 | 04:45 am
Msgr. Lynn's lawyers are asking the state Superior Court to let their client out on bail pending appeal. In a brief filed this week, Lynn's lawyers say the monsignor was convicted on June 22 of one c...
Judge Denies Bail for Monsignor While Archdiocese Battles Its Own Lawyers Over Money For Appeal 8 Aug 2012 | 04:57 am
Judge M. Teresa Sarmina today denied a defense motion that would have allowed Msgr. William J. Lynn out on bail pending an appeal of his historic conviction. Lynn, the first Catholic administrator in ...
Judge Gives Msgr. Lynn Three to Six Years In Slammer 25 Jul 2012 | 06:10 am
Judge M. Teresa Sarmina told Msgr. William J. Lynn today that she was sentencing him to three to six years in state prison, because he had turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the suffering of victims...
District Attorney To Re-Try Father Brennan 23 Jul 2012 | 10:21 pm
Assistant District Attorney Patrick Blessington notified Judge M. Teresa Sarmina this morning that the Commonwealth is seeking a new trial date for Father James J. Brennan. Father Brennan was charged...
Priest Abuse Trial Timeline 22 Jul 2012 | 09:00 pm
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