Accuser To Return To The Stand In Pa. Priest Trial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — More emotional testimony is expected at a clergy abuse trial under way in Philadelphia.

A 30-year-old former Marine who says he was molested as a 14-year-old by the Rev. James Brennan in 1996 is expected back on the stand.

After hours of blistering cross-examination by Brennan’s attorney, the man was getting upset and said he was exhausted. The judge decided to have him continue on Thursday.

Brennan is on trial with Monsignor William Lynn, the first Roman Catholic official in the U.S. charged with endangering children for allegedly keeping predator priests in parish work. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Several alleged victims of clergy abuse have testified since the trial began last week, but Brennan’s accuser is the first whose claim falls within the statute of limitations.