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Former US Cardinal McCarrick ruled not competent to face Wisconsin sex abuse trial
Last edited Thu Jan 11, 2024, 02:23 PM - Edit history (2)
Edited, on Thursday, to remove a weird typo that I'm sure resulted from my posting this from a phone originally.
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Former US Cardinal McCarrick ruled not competent to face Wisconsin sex abuse trial
By Nate Raymond
January 10, 20246:05 PM EST • Updated 33 min ago
Jan 10 (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday suspended a criminal case that alleged former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fondled an 18-year-old boy in 1977, finding the 93-year-old was not competent to stand trial after he was diagnosed with dementia.
Judge David Reddy's decision came after a Massachusetts judge in August dismissed the only other sexual assault case nationally against McCarrick, a former archbishop of Washington, D.C., who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019.
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Former US Cardinal McCarrick ruled not competent to face Wisconsin sex abuse trial
By Nate Raymond
January 10, 20246:05 PM EST • Updated 33 min ago
Jan 10 (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday suspended a criminal case that alleged former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fondled an 18-year-old boy in 1977, finding the 93-year-old was not competent to stand trial after he was diagnosed with dementia.
Judge David Reddy's decision came after a Massachusetts judge in August dismissed the only other sexual assault case nationally against McCarrick, a former archbishop of Washington, D.C., who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019.
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