Prescription Drugs Found in Late Cardinal's Body

WFMZ
February 29, 2012

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. - The Montgomery County Coroner says prescription drugs were found in the system of the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua.

The coroner said Tuesday it will take several weeks to determine whether the amount of drugs in Bevilacqua's system matches the prescribed dosage.

District Attorney Risa Ferman ordered the review of the cardinal's death because it happened just one day after he was ruled competent to testify in the upcoming sex abuse case against two priests and a monsignor.

Bevilacqua led the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1988 to 2003.

He died Jan. 31. Officials said he was suffering from dementia and cancer.