The state Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction of the former secretary of clergy for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, finding a conviction for endangering the welfare of a child does not require actual supervision of the child.
The court’s split decision in Commonwealth v. Lynn reverses a Pennsylvania Superior Court decision that found Monsignor William Lynn could not have been convicted for endangering the welfare of children he never supervised.
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