MASSACHUSETTS
NECN
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014
A Massachusetts jury has found a priest guilty on five counts of child rape, following a four-day trial.
Essex Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall had introduced evidence that proved Rev. Richard McCormick, 73, raped a boy on multiple occasions between 1981 and 1982.
The rapes occurred while the boy attended a summer camp at the Salesian Brothers’ Sacred Heart retreat center in Ipswich, where McCormick worked.
The victim, who is now 44, was between age 10 and 12 years old when the rapes took place.
McCormick is charged with another count of child rape in connection with allegations made by another male victim who attended the same summer camp during the same period. The trial date for this case has not been scheduled.
He will be sentenced on Dec. 18.
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