Worcester Bishop McManus charged with drunken driving

WORCESTER (MA)
Telegram & Gazette

By Shaun Sutner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
ssutner@telegram.com

Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus was arrested Saturday night in Narragansett, R.I., charged with drunken driving and refusing a chemical test, Narragansett police confirmed this morning.

The arrest was first reported by Rhode Island TV station NBC10.

According to the station, the bishop was in a hit-and-run accident on Boston Neck Road. The man whose vehicle he allegedly hit followed him and called police.

Police arrested the bishop at his vacation home in Bonnett Shores. He was released on a summons and will be arraigned either today or Tuesday.

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