MASSACHUSETTS
The Salem News
BY JULIE MANGANIS STAFF WRITER
IPSWICH — The former head of a religious order in Ipswich pleaded not guilty yesterday to new charges that he sexually abused a child in the early 1980s.
The Rev. Richard McCormick, 72, who once held a position that is the equivalent of a bishop with the Salesian Brothers of Don Bosco, was charged last summer with molesting a child who was 9 and 10 years old at the time, while he was serving at the Salesian’s Sacred Heart retreat center some 30 years ago.
After seeing coverage of the case in the media, a second person came forward, saying he, too, had been sexually abused in the early 1980s while attending a summer camp run by the Salesians. The accuser was between 7 and 9 at the time, according to prosecutors.
McCormick was indicted in the second case last month, and yesterday traveled from Missouri to be arraigned.
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