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District attorney decides against perjury charges for priest
Santa Clara County prosecutors Wednesday announced they will not seek perjury charges against Fr. Jerold Lindner, a Jesuit priest who allegedly lied under oath at the trial of a man accused of attacking Lindner for molesting him more than 30 years ago. Lindner testified that he did not molest William ...
Charges against William Lynch officially dismissed
Santa Clara County prosecutors Friday officially announced their decision not to re-file misdemeanor charges against William Lynch for beating Fr. Jerold Lindner, who Lynch claims molested him more than three decades ago. Deputy District Attorney Vikki Gemetti formally told Judge David Cena of her office's decision. Cena responded by saying ...
Santa Clara DA won't re-file assault charge against Lynch
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office has decided not to retry William Lynch on a misdemeanor assault charge for beating the Rev. Jerold Lindner, who he claims molested him several decades ago. However, District Attorney Jeff Rosen said Wednesday afternoon that his office is looking into whether it can ...
Legal experts weigh in on Lynch acquittal
The acquittal of a man who admitted to beating a priest is the subject of much debate across the country and in the Bay Area where it happened. The case, heard in San Jose, was very emotional and the verdict surprised even the defendant, William Lynch. For his supporters, the ...
Lynch found not guilty of assaulting priest
A man who admitted beating up a priest who allegedly molested him as a child was acquitted Thursday of the assault, a surprising verdict that allowed the defendant to escape a prison sentence. Supporters of defendant William Lynch openly wept and hugged in the courtroom as the verdicts were read. ...
Jury eyes case of man accused of beating priest
Jurors in the case of a man charged with assaulting a priest he says molested him decades ago have the Fourth of July holiday off, with deliberations set to resume Thursday. William Lynch, 44, is accused of pummeling Jerold Lindner with his fists on May 10, 2010, in what prosecutors ...
Jury begins deliberations in priest attack trial
A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury will continue deliberations in San Jose Tuesday in the case of a man accused of punching a retired Jesuit priest who allegedly raped him 37 years ago. Defense attorney Paul Mones said the jury in the trial of William Lynch, 44, deliberated for ...
Lynch admits attacking priest, describes alleged molestation
William Lynch testified Friday that he punched the priest he accuses of molesting him after memories of the alleged sexual abuse came flooding back across the decades and were so vivid that he felt threatened. Lynch is on trial in San Jose after pleading not guilty to one count of ...
Priest assault trial resumes with abuse allegation
The priest accused of molesting children has "pleaded the fifth." The judge has stricken his testimony and denials of abuse from the trial record. Three of the priest's alleged victims are no longer allowed to testify. And the man on trial for beating the priest he says raped him will ...
Judge denies Lynch mistrial motion for a second time
More witnesses took the stand Tuesday in the trial of William Lynch, after a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge denied another motion for a mistrial by the defense. Lynch, 44, is accused of assault and elder abuse for allegedly beating the Rev. Jerold Lindner on May 10, 2010, at ...
Judge tosses priest's testimony in Lynch assault case
A judge has tossed out a priest's testimony against a man charged with assaulting him after the reverend invoked his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination as it became clear he might be accused of lying on the stand. The Rev. Jerold Lindner told Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge ...
Defense files motion for mistrial in Will Lynch case
Attorneys representing a California man charged with assaulting a priest who he claims raped him decades ago demanded a mistrial late Friday. The attorneys have said that a prosecutor committed misconduct in handling the priest's testimony. The defense attorneys accuse the prosecutor of knowingly allowing false testimony, known as "suborning ...
Judge considers perjury charge against priest in SJ attack trial
The judge presiding over the William Lynch priest beating trial on Thursday morning dismissed the jury until Monday and is reportedly considering a perjury charge against the priest after he testified Wednesday that he never sexually abused Lynch. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge David Cena dismissed the jury to ...
Church abuse victim on trial for beating priest
Northern California prosecutors concede the man on trial in the beating of an aging priest was sexually abused by the Jesuit, but told a jury Wednesday that still did not give William Lynch the right to take the law into in his own hands. Lynch, 44, is accused of beating ...
Lynch priest assault trial set to begin in San Jose
More than 35 years after William Lynch says he and his little brother were molested by a priest during a camping trip in the Santa Cruz Mountains, he will get his longtime wish to face the aging Jesuit in court for the first time. But it is Lynch who is ...
Man Accused Of Beating Priest Appears In SJ Court
A man accused of beating up a retired priest over sexual abuse that allegedly took place decades ago stood before a judge Wednesday at a preliminary hearing to determine whether his case will go to trial. 43-year-old William Lynch walked into the San Jose courthouse with his attorney Mark Geragos. ...
Priest Beating Suspect Turns Case Against Lindner
Will Lynch is looking for justice in an unusual way. Charged with savagely beating the priest he says molested him as a child, he plans to try to use his trial to publicly shame the Rev. Jerold Lindner in court and call attention to clergy abuse. Law experts say he ...
Death Threat Heard On 911 Tape In Priest Beating
The California man accused of severely beating a Jesuit priest who allegedly molested him and his brother decades ago can be heard on a 911 call threatening to kill the elderly cleric. The San Jose Mercury News obtained court documents Wednesday showing 44-year-old William Lynch allegedly threatening the Rev. Jerold ...
Man Accused In Priest Attack Files Vatican Lawsuit
A man who was arrested last week on suspicion of beating a Roman Catholic priest that he says molested him has filed a lawsuit against the Vatican. William Lynch filed the negligence lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oakland on Oct. 27, two days before he surrendered to Northern California ...
Suspect In Attack On Retired Priest Released On Bail
A San Francisco man was released on bail in San Jose Friday after being accused of beating a Catholic priest at a retirement home in the South Bay. Will Lynch blames the priest for molesting him when he was a boy, 35 years ago. The story is receiving national attention ...
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