RHODE ISLAND
Seattle PI
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — Criminal charges have been dismissed against the leader of a Roman Catholic diocese in Massachusetts after he pleaded guilty to refusing a chemical test after a driving accident.
WPRO-AM reports the charges were dismissed Tuesday against Worcester Bishop Robert McManus, which is common for a first-time offender.
The 61-year-old bishop was arrested last month near his vacation home in Narragansett for an alleged hit-and-run accident. He has said he “made a terrible error in judgment” by driving after drinking wine at dinner.
After he entered his guilty plea before the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal last month, his license was suspended for six months.
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