{"id":6006,"date":"2011-08-07T22:15:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T02:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=6006"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:40:07","slug":"showdown-ailing-cardinal-bevilacqua-ordered-to-appear-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/08\/showdown-ailing-cardinal-bevilacqua-ordered-to-appear-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Showdown: ailing Cardinal Bevilacqua ordered to appear in court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

His health is failing, but the man at the center of the sex abuse scandal in Philadelphia has been ordered to make a court appearance next month.<\/p>\n

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua has been ordered to appear at a Sept. 12 hearing so a judge can determine if he is competent to testify in the conspiracy and child-endangerment trial of Msgr. William J. Lynn.<\/p>\n

Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina on Friday also set March 26 as the start of the landmark trial, which prosecutors said could last four months.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for the 88-year-old former archbishop have said he suffers from prostate cancer and dementia and is not fit to give testimony.<\/p>\n

Sarmina told them at Friday\u2019s hearing that she would decide Bevilacqua\u2019s fitness only after seeing him in person. She instructed them to \u201ctake the necessary medical steps\u201d to bring the cardinal into court, and to provide his medical records from the last two years.<\/p>\n

Lynn, 60, had served as Bevilacqua\u2019s secretary for clergy for nearly 12 years, during which time he recommended priests\u2019 assignments. He is charged with two felony counts of conspiracy to endanger the welfare of children in connection with the alleged sexual assaults of two boys by three priests in 1990s. Those men will be tried with him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: <\/strong>It appears the Inquirer is no longer making its story available online.\u00a0\u00a0 You can read more, however, at the Philadelphia Daily News <\/a><\/strong>and the AP.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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