PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Pottstown Mercury
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury has deliberated for more than a day in a Philadelphia priest-abuse case without reaching a verdict.
The jury returns Monday to continue weighing charges against the Rev. Andrew McCormick.
The 26-year-old accuser says he was molested in 1997, after his mother talked to the priest over concerns her 10-year-old son was gay.
McCormick denies the account. The 57-year-old priest has been on trial for about two weeks.
His lawyer notes that no one else has ever accused McCormick of child sexual abuse.
However, McCormick has been suspended from ministry over a complaint about his closeness with another altar boy.
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