An expert for the state of Massachusetts says disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 92, is not competent to participate in a criminal trial on charges of child sexual abuse, a judge said Thursday. A defense expert made the same assessment in February.
McCarrick, who led the Washington archdiocese from 2001 to 2006, was one of the U.S. Catholic Church’s star clerics until 2018, when sexual misconduct accusations began surfacing.that he molested a then-16-year-old family friend at a wedding reception in 1974. The possibility that McCarrick could evade a criminal trial is upsetting to the plaintiff in the case, the accuser’s lawyer said Thursday.
Garabedian said he didn’t think the incompetency assessments would prevent the civil cases from proceeding.The final decision rests with Judge Michael J. Pomarole. On Thursday, he set a date of Aug. 30 for a hearing on the available reports, Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey said in a statement.
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