The Rev. James J. Brennan enters the Criminal Justice Center, Monday, March 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. Brennan is charged with raping a 14-year-old boy in 1996. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Rev. James J. Brennan enters the Criminal Justice Center, Monday, March 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. Brennan is charged with raping a 14-year-old boy in 1996. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Monsignor William Lynn arrives at the Criminal Justice Center, Monday, March 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. Lynn is the first Roman Catholic church official in the United States ever charged with child endangerment, for allegedly keeping co-defendants former priest Edward V. Avery and the Rev. James J. Brennan, and other accused predators, in ministry. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)
The Rev. James J. Brennan, left, arrives in the Criminal Justice Center, Monday, March 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. Brennan is charged with raping a 14-year-old boy in 1996. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Prosecutors say the Archdiocese of Philadelphia engaged in a long-standing criminal effort to protect sexual predator priests, putting the reputation of the church over the safety of children.
Assistant District Attorney Jacqueline Coehlo (coh-EHL'-oh) told a jury Monday during opening statements of a landmark trial against a priest and high-ranking church official that a decades-long conspiracy met victims with skepticism "at all cost."
Monday marked the beginning of prosecutors' case against Monsignor William Lynn and the Rev. James Brennan.
Lynn is the first U.S. church official charged in an administrative role with endangering children. Brennan is accused of raping a 14-year-old boy in 1996.
A defrocked priest who had been a co-defendant in the case pleaded guilty to sexual assault last week.
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