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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Steve Leblanc

Former Catholic cardinal, age 93, is not competent to stand trial on teen sexual abuse charges

AP2006

Sex abuse charges against former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick have been dismissed by a Massachusetts judge who ruled the 93-year-old was incompetent to stand trial.

Mr McCarrick, who was the former archbishop of Washington, was charged with assaulting a 16-year-old boy in 1974.

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