Retrial begins for Philly priest in molestation case

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Daily News

BOB STEWART, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER STEWARR@PHILLYNEWS.COM, 215-854-4890
POSTED: Friday, February 27, 2015,

A PHILADELPHIA Catholic priest took advantage of a quiet kid when he allegedly molested a 10-year-old altar boy in 1997, a prosecutor told a Common Pleas jury yesterday.

The Rev. Andrew McCormick, 58, is being retried a year after a jury remained deadlocked after more than four days of deliberations.

McCormick is accused of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, endangering the welfare of a child and indecent assault of a child under 13 years of age, among other charges.

In her opening statement yesterday, Assistant District Attorney Kristen Kemp said that McCormick had “picked and targeted [the victim] because he wouldn’t tell.”

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