State Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments in the case of Monsignor William Lynn in Harrisburg on Nov. 18, according to court records.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office is appealing the reversal of Lynn’s 2012 conviction on a child endangerment charge. The monsignor, who investigated allegations of sexual abuse by archdiocesan priests from 1992 to 2004, had been charged with endangering children because prosecutors maintained he knowingly shuffled molester priests from one parish to another.
After a three-month trial in 2012, Lynn was convicted of one count and sentenced to three-to-six years imprisonment. He had served 18 months of that sentence before Superior Court reversed his conviction. He was freed from prison, but confined to house arrest in St. William’s rectory in Lawncrest.
The District Attorney appealed the reversal to state Supreme Court. So far, the case has been down to dueling briefs. The Nov. 18 hearing in the main courtroom in the state Capitol will be the first time assistant district attorneys and Lynn’s lawyers will argue their cases in front of the justices. ••
