‘I feel vindicated,’ Rev. Lawlor says after jury finds him not guilty of assault
During a daylong trial Friday, there wasn't much disagreement about whether a 74-year-old at St. Luke's Episcopal Church was bumped by her pastor hard enough that she lost her balance.
But it took a Kalamazoo District Court jury less than 45 minutes to decide that the incident didn't rise to the level of assault and battery. That cleared the Rev. Jay R. Lawlor of the misdemeanor charge.
"I'm very relieved," Lawlor, 41, said of the not guilty verdict. "I feel vindicated."
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But it took a Kalamazoo District Court jury less than 45 minutes to decide that the incident didn't rise to the level of assault and battery. That cleared the Rev. Jay R. Lawlor of the misdemeanor charge.
"I'm very relieved," Lawlor, 41, said of the not guilty verdict. "I feel vindicated."
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