RHODE ISLAND
Fresno Bee
The Associated Press
Monday, May. 06, 2013
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The leader of a Roman Catholic diocese in Massachusetts charged with driving drunk in Rhode Island pleaded not guilty and was allowed to remain free on $1,000 bail at his arraignment Tuesday.
Worcester Bishop Robert McManus, 61, wearing a white clerical collar in court, did not speak during the two-minute hearing, letting his lawyer enter the not guilty plea on his behalf to charges of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.
“I have instructed him not to comment,” his attorney, former Rhode Island House Speaker William Murphy, said outside.
Murphy referred reporters instead to a statement McManus issued Monday is which he apologized for “a terrible error in judgment” by driving after drinking wine at dinner.
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