PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CT Post
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
Updated 4:41 pm, Wednesday, March 5, 2014
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest accused of molesting an altar boy has briefly taken the stand in Philadelphia and denied the charge.
The Rev. Andrew McCormick acknowledges that he knew the accuser in 1997 at his parish.
And he says he was later warned twice not to have children in his living quarters, as new church rules took effect.
But he calls the criminal case “a devastation.”
Jurors are set to hear closing arguments Thursday.
Their deliberations could include talk of boxers versus briefs. The defense suggests the accuser misidentified the type of underwear that McCormick wears.
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