PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014
By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net
The jury in the Father Andrew McCormick sex abuse case asked for a read back on the alleged victim’s direct testimony, as well as his cross-examination.
On their third day of deliberations, the jury also asked for a third time to have the judge read the charges against “Father Andy.”
The victim’s testimony amounted to some 100 pages from his hour on the witness stand. Assistant District Attorney Kristen Kemp volunteered to read the testimony to the jury, but defense attorney William J. Brennan didn’t think that was such a great idea.
“I think we would have an objection on that,” Brennan told Judge Gwendolyn N. Bright.
After a visit to the judge’s chambers, the lawyers agreed to have the court stenographer do the reading beginning tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.
After the court stenographer gets through reading the alleged victim’s testimony, the judge will read the charges against Father Andy. The 57-year-old priest has five charges against him: involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, indecent assault of a child, and corrupting the morals of a minor.
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