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Monsignor William Lynn, the first U.S. Roman Catholic church official convicted of covering up child abuse claims, was denied bail on Monday while he tries to appeal his conviction.
Lynn was sentenced to three to six years behind bars. Common Pleas Judge M. Teresa Sarmina denied the bail request, citing what she called the serious nature of Lynn’s conduct that led to his conviction of child-endangerment in June.
Lawyers for the 61-year-old Lynn say they will take their appeal of that conviction to a state appeals court. [more]
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Msgr. Lynne’s lawyers said this was a unjust sentence and now to be denied bail. You have to be blind no to recognize that Msgr. Lynne is being treated extremely harsh and in denial if you can’t see that it is because he is a priest. No doubt about it. And for all those who are so self-righteous in condemning Msgr. Lynne, take a look at your own life and compare it to God’s Commandments and then maybe there will be a plank to remove from your own eye.
You have to be kidding! The jerk deserves to rot in jail for his crime.
Very forgiving and kind of you, Heber.
I think it is important to note that “except for the grace of God there go I”. The Monsignor is not the offender, the offender was let off, where is the justice in the Monsignor serving time, when the jury released the offender? If the offender was found not guilty, how can the Monsignor be guilty? Am I missing something here?
The Monsignor knew full well what was right, and did what was wrong. So said the jury of his peers who found him guilty and the judge who sentenced him, based on the evidence presented at trial and application of relevant law.
The Monsignor said, repeatedly, that he was only following [Cardinal Bevilacqua's] orders. That defense garnered no sympathy as to verdict or sentence. Indeed, the defense demonstrates that the Monsignor is unable or unwilling to conform his conduct to the norm of law, a basis for his guilt.
In that light, the judge was absolutely correct and acting within the purview of her jurisdiction to deny bail to the defendant while his case is on appeal.
The judge was well in his rights to deny this priest bail, the last thing we need is another guy going to live in Rome when he should be in jail
This is surely a sad and tragic outcome, but it is in no way a travesty of justice. He may present no risk to anyone, now, at this point in his life, but he stood by, knowing that the priests he was assigning to parishes were active pedophiles. The trial reached a just result.
Carl — but the point of denying bail is because the person is deemed dangerous or a flight risk — and Monsignor is neither. So yes, this is a miscarriage of justice.
This person is considered dangerous because there is no expectation that he would behave differently if he was released on bail, and the judge came to this conclusion because the convicted refused to take responsibility for his actions by attempting to deflect them onto his superior. That tactic didn’t work at Nuremberg, and it doesn’t work today.
Also, being denied bail is very low on the “miscarriage of justice” scale, if it is on the scale to begin with – that is a very weak argument you made there.
Blag — please provide the reference for your statement that “being denied bail is very low on the ‘miscarriage of justice’ scale.” I’m waiting. You know, we need that external reference so others can see for themselves the source of your information, so others can judge if you are making up your own reality.
I suppose someone thinks he will escape to Rome. All they need to is take his passport. Jim is right this is a travesty.
Gina
What a miscarriage of justice — this priest represents no risk to anyone.
On the contrary – this priest was convicted of endangering children by placing known pedophile and pedorast priests as parish priests. Punishment is not used to prevent any future lawful actions (NDAA accusations of American citizens on or off American soil notwithstanding) – it is about what you have done in the past. This priest apparently endangered children in the past, and now he is paying the legal price for his actions.
Blag — another ridiculous comment by you (does this approach leave something to be desired, Blag?). Confinement is in part punishment for past misdeeds, but it also is designed to protect the public from future infractions. This monsignor will not make the same mistake again. If he himself had sexually violated a child, that is a different story — but he didn’t, he just (according to the court’s judgment, which may be faulty) didn’t do enough to prevent pedophile priests from coming into contact with children.