PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net
The district attorney has until May 10 to decide, after two mistrials, whether to retry Father Andrew McCormick a third time for the alleged attempted rape of an altar boy.
On his twitter account, Rufus Seth Williams, our crusading district attorney, was remarkably low-key about the case. He briefly noted Father Andy’s latest mistrial before deleting the tweet and moving on to more important things.
Such as the D.A.’s call-in on the WIP morning show where he joked about subpoenaing Eagles Coach Chip Kelly to find out “where all these deals will lead us.” And the D.A.’s comparison of himself to Rambo in the D.A.’s running feud with state Attorney General Kathleen Kane over whether to prosecute local pols caught in a sting operation. [“I find myself like John J. Rambo. They drew first blood not me.”]
Meanwhile, the “friends of Father Andy” have launched a petition drive online to “demand an end to the persecution of Father Andrew McCormick by the District Attorney of Philadelphia.” Maybe Father Andy’s friends are on to something. Like those tired Rocky and Rambo franchises it might be time to end the priest abuse trials in Philadelphia before we waste any more taxpayer money or have to suffer through any further embarrassments.
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