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Roman Catholic Priest Becomes First US Church Official Convicted For How He Handled Sex-Abuse Claims
Friday, June 22, 2012    
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Prosecutors argued that he could have called police or quit the job if efforts to help victims were being stymied.

A Roman Catholic church official has been convicted of child endangerment but acquitted of conspiracy in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial in Philadelphia.

Monsignor William Lynn is the first U.S. church official convicted of a crime for how he handled sex-abuse accusations.

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