SAN DIEGO (CA)
U-T San Diego
Written by
Dana Littlefield
SAN DIEGO — The new archbishop of San Francisco for the Catholic Church has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless driving after being arrested in San Diego on suspicion of drunken driving.
Then-Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, 56, was taken into custody Aug. 25 after being stopped at a DUI checkpoint near San Diego State University.
He was scheduled to be arraigned in Superior Court next week on misdemeanor DUI charges but instead pleaded guilty Monday to alcohol-related reckless driving, a lesser charge commonly known as a “wet reckless.”
Cordileone was placed on three years’ probation and ordered to pay a fine. He also will have to attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving victim-impact panel and a three-month, first-conviction program through the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
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