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(AP) — A spokesperson for District Attorney Larry Krasner, who inherited the case from his predecessors, called Lynn's unannounced Nov. 2 plea 'the appropriate path for bringing finality and closure to the victims.'

Twenty years after city prosecutors convened a grand jury to investigate the handling of priest-abuse complaints within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the tortuous legal case came to an end with a cleric’s misdemeanor no contest plea in a near-empty City Hall courtroom. Monsignor William Lynn, 71, had served nearly three years in state…

Twenty years after city prosecutors convened a grand jury to investigate the handling of priest-abuse complaints within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/20-year-church-abuse-probe-ends-with-monsignors-quiet-plea/"></div>Twenty years after city prosecutors convened a grand jury to investigate the handling of priest-abuse complaints within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the tortuous legal case came to an end with a cleric’s misdemeanor no contest plea in a near-empty City Hall courtroom. Monsignor William Lynn, 71, had serve...

The 20-year criminal investigation of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has come to a quiet end with the misdemeanor plea of Monsignor William Lynn.

The 20-year criminal investigation of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has come to a quiet end with the misdemeanor plea of an aging cleric

The 20-year criminal investigation of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has come to a quiet end with the misdemeanor plea of an aging cleric. Monsignor William Lynn has pleaded no contest to failing to turn over documents to a 2002 grand jury. He had been awaiting a retrial after his 2012 child endangerment conviction was twice overturned on appeal. His lawyer calls the case “a travesty” given the nearly three years Lynn spent in state prison. The District Attorney's Office...