Prosecutors called William Lynch a vigilante for beating up a Jesuit priest accused of sexually abusing him and his brother nearly 40 years ago, but the jury sided with the defendant and acquitted him of felony assault and elder abuse.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the May beating that sent 65-year-old retired Jesuit priest Jerold Lindner to the hospital—and the suspect, it turns out, is an alleged victim of abuse at the hands of Lindner.