Philadelphia
Archbishop Charles Chaput said in a letter to clergy and parishioners today
that helping Lynn come up with $25,000 to post 10 percent of his bail was
"both reasonable and just." He said Lynn remains on administrative
leave and may not function in public as a priest.
Chaput
described the appeals court decision as a matter of legal substance rather than
technicalities.
Lynn
"presents no danger to anyone," the archbishop wrote. "He poses
no flight risk. The funding for his bail has been taken from no parish, school
or ministry resources, impacts no ongoing work of the church and will be
returned when the terms of bail are completed. Nor does it diminish in any way
our determination to root out the possibility of sexual abuse from the life of
our local church."
David
Clohessy, director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said
Chaput has refused to "take harsh, clear disciplinary measures against
those who hurt or let others hurt kids."
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