A judge in #Massachusetts dismissed #child #SexualAbuse #charges against the former #cardinal #TheodoreMcCarrick on Wed, ruling the former high-ranking #Catholic cleric #incompetent to stand #trial.
#law #legal #justice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/08/30/theodore-mccarrick-cardinal-sexual-abuse-case/
McCarrick, the former #archbishop of #Washington, had been charged w/ assaulting a 16-year-old boy in 1974. He was the highest-ranking #Catholic official in the country to face criminal charges for alleged #SexAbuse. McCarrick, 93, still faces a #criminal #SexualAbuse charge, against the same alleged victim, in #Wisconsin.