On Tuesday, a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury listened to the grand jury testimony of Msgr. William J. Lynn as he tried to explain his alleged failure to act as Wiejata’s sexual overtures went from married women to single women in their 20s and, ultimately in August 2000, allegations that he had fondled the 13-year-old daughter of a woman with whom he had an affair.
Lynn ordered Wiejata — then still on administrative leave from the ministry — to come to his offices on Aug. 4, 2000 and, with an aide taking notes, confronted Wiejata, who ultimately admitted to fondling the 13-year-old girl.
After Wiejata acknowledged molesting the girl, Lynn gave him a choice: jail or a treatment program.
“What if I moved to another state?” Wiejata asked Lynn, according to his notes from the meeting.
“I don’t know,” Lynn replied.
Wiejata was allowed to attend a retreat house in Larchmont, N.Y. The archdiocese paid the bills.
According to public records, Wiejata has never been criminally or civilly prosecuted. He has lived at the same Chicago address since 2004, the records suggest.
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