PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Daily News
JULIE SHAW, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER SHAWJ@PHILLYNEWS.COM, 215-854-2592
POSTED: Thursday, March 12, 2015
AFTER A JURY reported that it was hopelessly deadlocked, a judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the retrial of a Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old altar boy in 1997 in the rectory at St. John Cantius Parish in Bridesburg.
It marks the second time that Common Pleas Judge Gwendolyn Bright has declared a mistrial in the case of the Rev. Andrew McCormick. Exactly a year ago, on March 12, 2014, a different jury was deadlocked after 4 1/2 days of deliberations.
Bright said the District Attorney’s Office has 30 days to decide whether to try McCormick a third time. She scheduled an April 10 status hearing to see if another retrial would take place.
McCormick, 58, dressed in his black priestly garb and white clerical collar, appeared relieved as he left the courtroom hallway with his supporters, including two nuns.
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