PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Lancaster Online
Posted: Tuesday, March 10, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jurors in the retrial of a suspended Philadelphia priest accused of having molested a young boy almost two decades ago have reported an impasse but agreed to resume deliberations in the case Wednesday.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/1FHGpYP ) reported that the jurors in their second full day of deliberations Tuesday were told to keep trying to reach a verdict. They said about an hour and a half later that they wished to return the next day.
The Rev. Andrew McCormick is accused of having assaulted an altar boy in a rectory bedroom in 1997. The 27-year-old victim alleges that the abuse started when he was 11 and later led him to attempt suicide. McCormick has denied the allegations.
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