The long-running, landmark prosecution of a former Roman Catholic official embroiled in the church’s sex abuse scandal can proceed, a judge in Philadelphia said Friday. The case against Msgr. William Lynn was the first in which felony charges were brought against a high-level Catholic Church administrator related to the purported coverup of alleged sexual abuse of minors by other priests. Lynn was never accused of abusing...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 24, 2017 22:07 UTC