Ex-Cardinal with Wisconsin assault charges found unfit to stand trial for sex abuse in Massachusetts

by STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press

Wed, August 30th 2023, 10:01 PM UTC

FILE - Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick appears for an arraignment at Dedham District Court, Sept. 3, 2021, in Dedham, Mass. The defrocked Cardinal McCarrick, the highest ranking Roman Catholic official in the United States to face criminal charges in the clergy sexual abuse scandal, was found not competent to stand trial Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Demonstrators watch as former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick leaves Dedham District Court after his arraignment, Sept. 3, 2021, in Dedham, Mass. The defrocked Cardinal McCarrick, the highest ranking Roman Catholic official in the United States to face criminal charges in the clergy sexual abuse scandal, was found not competent to stand trial Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick shown on a monitor was ruled not competent to stand trial, by Judge Paul J. McCallum in Dedham District Court, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Dedham, Mass. McCarrick appeared at the hearing by Zoom. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

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FILE - Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick appears for an arraignment at Dedham District Court, Sept. 3, 2021, in Dedham, Mass. The defrocked Cardinal McCarrick, the highest ranking Roman Catholic official in the United States to face criminal charges in the clergy sexual abuse scandal, was found not competent to stand trial Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool, File)

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