Calif man pleads not guilty in priest assault case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nov. 12: Will Lynch, left, walks out of a San Jose, Calif., courthouse and through a rally with this attorney Pat Harris, right, after his arraignment. Lynch pleaded not guilty on Dec. 7 to assaulting Rev. Jerold Lindner, whom Lynch says molested him as a child. (AP)
A Northern California man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to assaulting a Jesuit priest he has said molested him more than three decades ago.
Will Lynch, 43, of San Francisco previously said he intends to take the case to trial so he can expose the alleged molestation and raise awareness about clergy abuse.
"He's very resolute, he's very determined and he's going forward," Lynch's attorney, Pat Harris, said after the brief hearing.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lynch entered the plea in Santa Clara Superior Court to one count of assault for allegedly beating 65-year-old Jerold Lindner in May until he was bloody at a retirement home in front of shocked residents.
Lindner has denied molesting Lynch and his little brother in 1975 during a weekend camping trip in the Santa Cruz Mountains.