Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleads not guilty to sexual assault
by Associated Press from on (#5P4DB)
McCarrick is charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14
Former Roman Catholic cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-powerful American prelate who was expelled from the priesthood for sexual abuse, pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception in Massachusetts nearly 50 years ago.
McCarrick, 91, wore a mask against the spread of Covid-19 and entered suburban Boston's Dedham district court hunched over a walker.
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