US priest leaves prison after appeal against sex-abuse cover-up conviction

A Roman Catholic priest who won an appeal against his landmark conviction in the church sex abuse scandal has left a Pennsylvania prison after 18 months behind bars.

US priest leaves prison after appeal against sex-abuse cover-up conviction

A Roman Catholic priest who won an appeal against his landmark conviction in the church sex abuse scandal has left a Pennsylvania prison after 18 months behind bars.

Monsignor William Lynn, 62, left the prison in Waymart and was taken to a city jail, where he will be fitted with an electronic tag before being released.

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