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Theodore McCarrick

McCarrick sexual assault charges dropped

The former cardinal, 92, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial

The Pillar
Aug 30, 2023
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Sexual assault charges against Theodore McCarrick were dropped in Massachusetts Wednesday, after a judge ruled that McCarrick is not mentally competent to stand trial.

McCarrick’s lawyers say he lacks mental competence to stand trial
Theodore McCarrick outside a Massachusetts courthouse. The Pillar file photo.

The former cardinal, 92, was charged in 2021 with molesting a 16-year-old boy in 1974 at a Massachusetts weddin…

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