US cardinal, 93, not fit to stand trial over sexual abuse charges, judge rules
by Guardian staff and agency from on (#6EA98)
Massachusetts judge finds Theodore McCarrick, charged with molesting boy, 16, in 1974, not competent to stand due to dementia
A Massachusetts judge has dismissed a criminal case charging the former Roman Catholic cardinal Theodore McCarrick with molesting a 16-year-old boy in 1974, saying the 93-year-old was not competent to stand trial due to dementia.
McCarrick, a former archbishop of Washington DC, is the only current or former US Catholic cardinal to ever face child sexual abuse charges, with prosecutors in Massachusetts and Wisconsin filing separate cases against him.
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