A judge dismissed a criminal case accusing a Catholic leader of molesting a minor nearly 50 years ago — finding him unfit for trial because of dementia.
was tossed Wednesday by a Massachusetts judge, who found the disgraced Roman Catholic leader unfit for trial because of dementia.
Dedham District Court Judge Paul McCallum dismissed the case after McCarrick’s lawyers presented findings from a professor of psychiatry and behavior science that their client has dementia that was likely caused by Alzheimer’s disease. Psychologist Kerry Nelligan, put on the stand Wednesday by prosecutors, agreed that the 93-year-old wasn’t fit to stand trial due to “severe cognitive declines.”
McCarrick — the only cardinal in the US to be criminally charged for child sex abuse — had been facing three counts of indecent assault and battery in a case stemming from 1974. He hadThe accused predatory priest — who lives in Missouri — groped the boy’s genitals during the wedding reception for the teen’s brother at Wellesley College, prosecutors alleged.
Disgraced former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was found unfit for trial because of his dementia, Wednesday.Massachusetts Judge Paul McCallum dismissed the criminal case against McCarrick Wednesday after testimony from experts that the former cleric had dementia and cognitive decline.
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