The top lawyer for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia said Monday that key aides to Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua lied when they told him they did not know what happened to a secret list of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children.
Coyne was cautious and appeared weary at times. He was suspended from his job as chief counsel for the archdiocese in March, a few weeks after the secret list came to light, although church officials have declined to discuss the reason. And he had faced a similar line of questioning in February, during a closed-door hearing with the judge and lawyers in the case.
At least four times Monday, he echoed the same response to explain how he ended up with the file — “I was asked to hold onto it” — but he did not explain why he pulled the file this year.
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