Archbishop Admits to Reckless-Driving Guilt

By Dana Littlefield
U-T San Diego
October 5, 2012

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/oct/05/tp-archbishop-admits-to-reckless-driving-guilt/

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.