DA DROPS SEX ABUSE CASE AGAINST FORMER PHILADELPHIA PRIEST

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
WPVI

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — After two hung juries, the sex abuse case against a Philadelphia priest has been dropped.

The district attorney’s office confirmed to Action News they will not retry Rev. Andrew McCormick for a third time.

The Roman Catholic priest was accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old altar boy at Bridesburg’s St. John Cantius back in 1997.

Though McCormick no longer faces the threat of prison, it’s unlikely he will return to a parish.

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