PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Westport News
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury is set to return Tuesday for a fourth day of deliberations in a priest’s sexual-assault trial.
The Rev. Andrew McCormick is accused of molesting a 10-year-old altar boy in a rectory bedroom in 1997.
The jury deliberated for the day Monday without reaching a verdict on the five counts.
The 57-year-old McCormick is the latest in a string of Philadelphia priests charged with child sexual assault. City prosecutors have been investigating the Roman Catholic church’s handling of abuse complaints since 2002.
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