Retrial of US Catholic official delayed over virus concerns The only Roman Catholic church official in the U.S. ever sent to prison over the handling of abuse complaints will wait until January for a retrial as coronavirus shutdowns delay his casePHILADELPHIA -- The retrial of the only church official who has ever gone to prison in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal was delayed Monday because of the coronavirus outbreak. After an appeals court found his sweeping 2012 conspiracy trial flawed and his conviction was twice overturned, Lynn, 69, now faces only a single child endangerment count. Prosecutors contend he endangered children by transferring a known predator priest to their parish without warning in 1993. “We’re not bringing in the so-called or alleged ‘sins of the Catholic Church,’” Judge Gwendolyn Bright said at a pretrial hearing Wednesday. Spokesman Ken Gavin said the archdiocese “looks forward to a final resolution” of the case.

Source: ABC News March 16, 2020 10:59 UTC