PHILADELPHIA (PA)
San Francisco Chronicle
MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
Updated 01:56 p.m., Friday, July 27, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia priest suspended last year has been charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a church rectory.
Prosecutors say the Rev. Andrew McCormick molested the boy in 1997 in Northeast Philadelphia.
The 56-year-old McCormick is one of about two dozen priests suspended last year after a grand jury report alleged that accused priests were still in ministry.
McCormick was arrested late Thursday. Defense lawyer William Brennan says he expects McCormick to post the $150,000 bail and fight the charges.
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