Former Priest Pleads Guilty to Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child

MASSACHUSETTS
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The former Rev. Richard McCormick pleaded guilty Monday to indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.

Judge Timothy Feeley of Salem Superior Court sentenced him to 8 to 10 years in state prison.

McCormick is currently serving an 8 to 10 prison sentence following his conviction on 5 counts of child rape in Nov. 2014.

The Commonwealth reduced the charge from child rape to indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 after the defendant waived his right to assert the statute of limitations.

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