PHILADELPHIA (PA)
The Reporter
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury is reviewing legal instructions on the third 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.
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.
A change in Pennsylvania law has given them more time to pursue criminal charges in child-victim cases.
McCormick denies molesting anyone during his 30-year church career. He concedes that he was twice reprimanded by the archdiocese for his behavior around children.
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