A san francisco man surrendered to santa clara county authorities on friday, six months after assaulting a former priest in los gatos. 44-year-old william lynch allegedly targeted the 65-year-old former reverend because he had sexually abused lynch in 1975. Witnesses say lynch beat the man, jerold linder, at the sacred heart jesuit center in los gatos, last may. Linder was hospitalized with bruises, lynch is facing charges of assault with means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. Lynch won a confidential settlement, in a 1997 civil suit against jerold linder. Linder was removed from active ministry, and was transferred to the los gatos jesuit center in 2002.
