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PHILADELPHIA — Nearly a decade after the scandal over sexual abuse by priests erupted, Philadelphia’s district attorney has taken a step no prosecutor in the U.S. had taken before: filing criminal charges against a high- ranking Roman Catholic official for allegedly failing to protect children.
District Attorney Seth Williams announced charges Thursday against three priests, a parochial-school teacher and Monsignor William Lynn, who as secretary of the clergy was one of the top officials in the Philadelphia Archdiocese from 1992 to 2004. The three priests and the teacher were charged with raping boys.
