PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Albany Times Union
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
Updated 1:20 pm, Wednesday, March 5, 2014
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A string of former altar boys are testifying on behalf of a Philadelphia priest accused of molesting one of their peers in 1997.
The defense witnesses include young men who traveled to Poland as boys with the Rev. Andrew McCormick.
They say nothing sexual occurred, although one shared a room with McCormick, and the other says the priest gave him beer there.
The testimony comes on Ash Wednesday, a holy day that starts the Lenten season in the Roman Catholic church.
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