PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Daily News
JULIE SHAW, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER SHAWJ@PHILLYNEWS.COM, 215-854-2592
A CATHOLIC PRIEST who was accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old altar boy in 1997 in the rectory at St. John Cantius Parish in Bridesburg will not have to face a third trial on child sex-abuse charges.
The District Attorney’s Office yesterday dropped all charges against the Rev. Andrew McCormick after two separate juries failed to reach verdicts.
On March 11, a jury declared itself deadlocked after a little more than three days of deliberations in McCormick’s second trial. On March 12, 2014, a different jury deadlocked after 4 1/2 days of deliberations in his first trial.
McCormick, 58, who has not been in custody, was in court, dressed in his usual black priestly garb and white clerical collar.
Common Pleas Judge Gwendolyn Bright has not lifted a gag order on Assistant District Attorney Kristen Kemp, defense attorney Trevan Borum and others involved in the case. A status listing on the gag order was set for Monday.
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