Jurors in sexual assault by priest go home for the day

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philly.com

Jurors weighing the sexual abuse case of suspended Roman Catholic priest Andrew McCormick ended their first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.

McCormick, 59, stands accused of assaulting a 10-year-old altar boy in 1997 after luring him to his bedroom in the rectory of St. John Cantius Church in Bridesburg. He has denied the allegation.

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