{"id":2018872,"date":"2023-09-01T01:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T05:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-catholic-cardinal-mccarrick-age-93-found-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-teen-sex-abuse-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T01:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T05:11:34","slug":"former-catholic-cardinal-mccarrick-age-93-found-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-teen-sex-abuse-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-catholic-cardinal-mccarrick-age-93-found-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-teen-sex-abuse-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 93, Deemed Unfit for Trial on Teen Sex Abuse Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-catholic-cardinal-mccarrick-age-93-found-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-teen-sex-abuse-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Theodore McCarrick&#8217;s Sexual Assault Case Dismissed \u2063Due to Dementia<\/h2>\n<p>In a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-republican-julia-letlow-is-sworn-in-the-democrats-margin-in-the-house-shrinks-to-just-2-votes\/\" title=\"As Republican Julia Letlow Is Sworn In, The Democrats\u2019 Margin In The House Shrinks To Just 2 Votes\">stunning turn<\/a> of events, the case against former \u2064Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been dismissed. The 93-year-old was accused \u200bof sexually assaulting\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-falling-apart-amid-sexual-harassment-scandal-alleged-mismanagement-of-funds\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project falling apart amid sexual harassment scandal, alleged mismanagement of funds\">teenage boy<\/a> decades ago, but both prosecutors and defense \u200dattorneys agree\u200b that his dementia\u2062 prevents him from standing trial.<\/p>\n<p>Once a\u2063 powerful figure in the Catholic Church, McCarrick was defrocked by Pope \u200dFrancis \u2062in 2019\u200d after an investigation revealed that he had sexually molested both adults and children. The scandal rocked the church, as\u2063 it became clear that \u2063Vatican and U.S.\u2063 church\u200c leaders had known \u2064about his misconduct but had turned a blind eye.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u2064 hearing, psychologist Dr.\u200c Kerry Nelligan\u2062 testified that she\u2062 found significant memory deficits in McCarrick during her interviews with \u2062him. He struggled to recall previous conversations and showed no\u2063 signs\u2063 of improvement, as dementia has no\u2062 known cure. These cognitive impairments made it impossible\u200d for him to actively participate \u200din his defense.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/orange-county-to-pay-4-5-million-to-settle-lawsuit-claiming-social-services-failed-to-report-child-sex-abuse-5451858\">Orange County to Pay $4.5 Million\u2062 to \u200bSettle Lawsuit Claiming Social Services Failed to Report \u200dChild Sex Abuse<\/a> (8\/8\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/appeals-court-upholds-josh-duggars-conviction-for-downloading-child-sex-abuse-images-5449960\">Appeals Court Upholds Josh Duggar&#8217;s Conviction for Downloading \u200cChild Sex Abuse\u200d Images<\/a> (8\/7\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McCarrick, appearing via video \u2062link, sat slumped in his chair, \u2063wearing a\u2062 light \u200bgreen shirt and a sweater vest \u200bor sweater\u2064 around his shoulders. \u2063He remained silent throughout the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations\u2064 against McCarrick \u2064involved\u2064 the abuse of a\u2063 teenage boy at \u2062a wedding reception in 1974. Despite maintaining his innocence and pleading not guilty, he was also charged with\u2062 sexually assaulting \u200dan 18-year-old man in Wisconsin over 45 \u200cyears\u2062 ago.<\/p>\n<p>In February, McCarrick&#8217;s attorneys presented evidence from a professor of psychiatry\u200d and behavioral science, who diagnosed him with dementia, likely Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. This diagnosis highlighted his \u2063limited understanding of the\u2064 criminal proceedings against him.<\/p>\n<p>Living in Dittmer, Missouri, McCarrick faced three counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-cosby-83-denied-parole-refuses-to-attend-sexually-violent-predator-courses\/\" title=\"Bill Cosby, 83, Denied Parole, Refuses To Attend \u2018Sexually Violent Predator\u2019 Courses\">indecent assault<\/a>\u200d and\u200c battery. The \u2062statute of limitations did not exempt him from\u200d facing charges for\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-allegations-gets-dropped-from-record-label\/\" title=\"Marilyn Manson Denies Evan Rachel Wood\u2019s Abuse Allegations, Gets Dropped From Record Label\">abuse allegations<\/a> that dated back decades, as the clock was paused \u2062once he left Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Garabedian, a prominent lawyer representing\u2062 the\u200b man accusing McCarrick, \u200bexpressed disappointment with the \u2063court&#8217;s decision. \u200dHe stated, \u200b&#8221;Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-catholic-cardinal-mccarrick-age-93-found-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-teen-sex-abuse-charges\/\" title=\"Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 93, Deemed Unfit for Trial on Teen Sex Abuse Charges\">clergy\u200b sexual abuse \u200dvictims \u2062feel<\/a> as \u2062though former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is and will always be \u200cthe permanent personification of evil within the Catholic\u200d Church.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sexual assault case against 93-year-old Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been dismissed due to his dementia. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed that he is not fit to stand trial. Previously the ex-archbishop of Washington, McCarrick was defrocked by Pope Francis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2018873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}