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that priest was sent to a sex offender program. yet, monsignor lynn allegedly lied about what happened to parishioners and called it all a rumor. when that priest was released from the program, he was ordered to stay away from young people. yet just the opposite happened. the archdiocese assigned him here to st. jerome's church and school. according to the grand jury, that priest, father edward avery, allegedly raped a young boy here. that same boy was allegedly raped by another priest here and a lay teacher. bishop daniel thomas was assigned by the cardinal to talk with cnn about th...

Monsignor? >> reporter: we've been able to talk to some of them. for example, first of all, monsignor lynn. through his attorney, he says that his client absolutely denies the charges, and his attorney also maintains that the child endangerment laws do not apply to monsignor lynn because his attorney says the monsignor is too high up in authority in the archdiocese to have had any direct contact with children. therefore, the statutes do not apply to him. the attorney says that the 2005 grand jury recognized that and in this case the grand jury is misapplying the law. we also reached the attorn...