PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CNN
By Sarah Hoye, CNN
updated 4:35 PM EDT, Thu August 16, 2012
Philadelphia (CNN) — A judge dismissed felony sexual assault charges Thursday against a Roman Catholic priest arrested in July on allegations of sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy in 1997.
At Thursday’s preliminary hearing, Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Karen Yvette Simmons dismissed felony involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual assault charges against Andrew McCormick, 56.
Simmons still remanded the case for trial on the misdemeanor charges of indecent assault, corrupting the morals of a minor and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Philadelphia district attorney’s office.
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