Not to generalize, but it seems that organizations that exist to defame the Catholic priesthood are guilty of defaming individual priests.

Federal judge issues sanction against SNAP for violating discovery orders.

After the priest was accused of being a child molester, he sued SNAP and others for a conspiracy to defame him on the grounds of being a Catholic priest. Then, SNAP wilfully failed to comply with orders to turn over documents, which resulted in the federal judge issuing sanctions determining that the conspiracy charge had been established.

The second phase of every witchhunt.

After whipping up the mob...

...the media is now concerned that some accusations may have been fabricated.

Note that Msgr Lynn is the highest ranking Catholic cleric to have been convicted of a crime involving sex abuse.

//In Philadelphia, the Billy Doe case remains front-page news three years after the original trial that convicted Lynn. On December 22, the Pennsylvania state Superior Court for the second time overturned Lynn’s conviction and ordered a new trial. A three-judge panel ruled that the trial judge in the case, M. Teresa Sarmina, abused her discretion when she admitted into evidence against the monsignor 21 supplemental cases of sex abuse dating back to 1948, three years before the 64-year-old Lynn was born.

Lynn, however, isn’t getting out of jail anytime soon. He continues to work for 19 cents an hour as a prison librarian, pending an appeal by Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams. The DA last month filed a petition to reargue the case before all nine judges on the appeals court. Also blocking Lynn’s release is Sarmina, who has repeatedly denied his applications for bail.

Lynn had served 18 months of his three- to six-year prison sentence on December 26, 2013, when the Superior Court reversed his conviction and ordered that he be “discharged forthwith.” But Sarmina ordered that Lynn be kept under house arrest in a church rectory and forced to wear an electronic ankle bracelet.//

A problem with witch-hunts.

The reason for due process.

Conviction of priest for shielding pedophile reversed.

A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that a Roman Catholic Church official was wrongly convicted for his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints.

The unanimous decision released Thursday by the state Superior Court also dismisses the criminal case against Monsignor William Lynn, a Philadelphia area priest. Lynn has been serving three to six years in prison after his child-endangerment conviction last year.

Prosecutors had argued that Lynn reassigned predators to new parishes in Philadelphia when he was secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004. Lynn’s conviction stems from the case of one priest, Edward Avery, found to have abused a child after such a transfer.