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Juror Dismissed as Defense Rests in Mob Case

Defense Scores Points at Mob Trial

Big Trial Media Roundup

Mob Soldier Charged in "Dumb" Gangland Hit

Mob Hit Could Impact Ligambi Trial

Prosecution Rests in Mob Trial

Ligambi Showed Up On Pay Day

Jury Hits Killer Cop With $4.7 Million Verdict, But Lets City Off With No Damages

Did the City of Philadelphia Turn A Blind Eye to Officer Frank Tepper's Use of Excessive Force?

Parents of Murder Victim Break Down In Court

Tony Soprano and Joe Ligambi, Garbage Mobsters

The Shame Of The Philadelphia Police Department: Multiple Cover-Ups to Protect A Psycho Cop

On Trial for Gambling, But Targeted for Murder?

The Forgotten Man at the Mob Trial

A Psycho Cop, A Suspect's Face, And A Sizzling Car Hood

Psycho Cop Pulled Gun On 10-Year-Old

The Offer He Couldn't Refuse

Lawyers Describe Killer Cop As A "Bully" And A "Drunken Idiot"

Video Poker Machines and Espresso, a South Philadelphia Tradition

Mob Boss Rips Goverment Case As "Bullshit"

For Amusement Only?

The Motive Behind the Martorano Murder

Jury Gets Underworld Primer On Bookmaking And Loansharking

Pete the Crumb's Hits and Misses

Another Govement Witness Rips Bent Finger Lou

Frankie the Fixer Then and Now

A Not-So-Golden Oldie at Mob Trial

Bent Finger Lou Mimics Mob Boss

Prosecutor: Claim of False Confession "Utterly Frivolous"

Defense: Secret Polygraph Test Indicates Father Avery Never Assaulted 10-Year-Old Altar Boy, So Monsignor Lynn Was Convicted of A Crime That Never Happened

After A Tearful Apology, A "Humbled" Former Archdiocese of Philadelphia CFO Is Hauled Off To Jail

Bishops Cullen and Cistone To Be Named Defendants in Ongoing Civil Case Against Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Defense Lawyers Ask State Superior Court to Grant Bail to Monsignor Lynn

Judge Denies Bail for Monsignor While Archdiocese Battles Its Own Lawyers Over Money For Appeal

Judge Gives Msgr. Lynn Three to Six Years In Slammer

District Attorney To Re-Try Father Brennan

Prosecutors Seek Maximum Sentence for "Cold," "Craven" and "Amoral" Monsignor

Defense Lawyers Argue Judge Should Give Monsignor Minimum Sentence and Let Him Out on Bail Pending Appeal

Inside The Jury Room, Part Two

What I Learned On Jury Duty

Archbishop Chaput Visits Monsignor Lynn In Jail

Judge Denies House Arrest For Monsignor Lynn

Inside The Archdiocese Spin Machine

Priest Abuse Blog in the Media

Ongoing Archdiocese Fire Sale Exposes 19-Year-Old Cover-Up of Cardinal Bevilacqua's Lavish Spending

Judge Worried About Monsignor Hiding Out At Vatican

Jury Didn't Buy Prosecution's Grand Conspiracy Theory

Father Brennan Walks Out Into The Sunshine; Msgr. Lynn Taken Into Custody

Jury Returns Mixed Verdict

If the Jury Remains Deadlocked, Should the D.A. Retry the Case?

Jurors Say They're Deadlocked; Judge Says Keep Deliberating

Hung Jury - Time For The Dynamite Charge?

Day 11 Without A Verdict As Rumors Abound About A Deadlocked Jury

Day 10 Without A Verdict

What's Hanging The Jury?

Judge Reverses Herself On Criminal Intent

Judge's Ruling Sets Off Fireworks

The "Read-Back Jury" Frustrates Judge, Lawyers in Archdiocese Sex Abuse Case

A Jury Stuck On Father Brennan

Jury Goes On Vacation; Bill Brennan, Vernon Odom Play Godfather Trivia

Jury Asks for Marker Board and Easel

The Church's Legal Tab: $11.6 Million in 2011-2012

Two Disputes Over the Words "And/Or" Leave Jurors Confused And/Or Frustrated

Jury In Sex Abuse Case Has Plenty of Questions

Closing Arguments in the Archdiocese Sex Abuse Case Quote Shakespeare, Martin Luther King, and A Love Letter From A Pedophile Priest

As Defense Rests, Big Mo Shifting

Did the Prosecution's "Smoking Gun" Hit the Wrong Target?

Fire-Breathing Prosecutor Assails Lynn As Liar; Monsignor's Supporters Break Out Rosary Beads

"The Defense Calls Monsignor Lynn"

Defense Claims Monsignor Lynn At Bottom Rung of Hierarchy

All The Cardinal's Men: Who Are These Guys?

What Did The Prosecution Prove About Monsignor Lynn?

Prosecution Train Goes Off Tracks In Archdiocese Sex Abuse Case

Monsignor Confesses He Wasn't Qualified To Be A Gumshoe

Planning a Gay Cruise to Thailand? Call Father Mike

A Shredded Memo, A Dead Cardinal, and A Bunch of Liars

Nun Calls Out Monsignor Lynn

Detective, Defense Lawyer Battle Over the Soul of Father Brennan

Priest Seeks Spiritual Highs; Winds Up Singing White Christmas to Chickens

Prosecutor Seeks Road Trip to Prove Monsignor Is A Liar

Ex-FBI Agent Tells About His Interview With Father Brennan

Former Teen "Jesus" Talks About Being Abused in Perverted Archdiocese Passion Play

Hopes Dim for Cardinal Bevilacqua's Resurrection

"One of the Sickest Individuals" Gets Away With It

Pervert Priest Checks Out of Sex Clinic; Stops By Restaurant to Hit on Waitresses

The Cardinal Sin: Disobeying the Big Guy

Another Episode of the Bumbling Monsignor On the Trail of A Predator Priest

One Courtroom, Two Defendants and Two Cases Headed in Opposite Directions

Monsignor Lynn Takes The Witness Stand

Sex Abuse Victim: "I Felt Betrayed"

No Return to the Courtroom for Father Avery

Cardinal Bevilacqua Appointed A Known Pedophile As Assistant Pastor

Will Father Avery Return to Court In a Jump Suit, Part 2

Will Father Avery Be Hauled Back to Court in a Jump Suit?

What the Cardinal Knew, Or How to Hoover A Pedophile

Msgr. Lynn on Sex Abuse Investigation: "The Case Fell Through the Cracks"

Catholic Victim of Clerical Sex Abuse: "I Have an Emptiness Where My Soul Used To Be"

Jurors Hear About Perverted Passion Play

Prosecution Puts the Archdiocese of Philadelphia On Trial

Reporter's Notebook: Did Mom's Testimony Help or Hurt Son's Case?

Canon Law Expert: Cardinal Bevilacqua Obstructed Justice

Mother of Alleged Rape Victim Says She'll Never Really Know What Happened Between Her Son and Her Priest

Philadelphia Catholic Priest Trial: The Cardinal, the Clergy and Kiddie Porn

Priest Alleged to Have Made Hush Payments to Sex Abuse Victims

There's No "Normal" Way For A Clergy Abuse Or Sexual Assault Victim To Act

Prosecution Witness Sticks to Story

Key Prosecution Witness Has Meltdown

The Archdiocese's "Charitable Concern" for A Sex Abuse Victim

Lawyers Spar over Archdiocese's Secret Archive Files

Tight Control, Few Explanations in Courtroom 304

Detective: Lynn Worried About Hierarchy, Not Victims

Monsignor Lynn And The Duty To Prevent Child Abuse

Archdiocese Priest Fondled 13-year-old Girl in Rectory

Archdiocese Priest Wrote Love Letter to Seventh-Grade Boy

Altar Boy Stalked By Pedophile Priest

"The Avery Files"

The Sins of the Past — Evidence Of "Prior Bad Acts" By The Archdiocese May Be A Daily Issue

The Prosecutor's Opening Statement: Whispers in the Dark

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