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Judge Paul McCallum

Sex Abuse Charges Against McCarrick Dismissed, Ex-Cardinal Still Faces Charges in Wisconsin

August 31, 2023

A Massachusetts judge ruled Aug. 30 that Theodore McCarrick, a 93-year-old former cardinal, was not competent enough, due to advanced dementia, to stand trial on state charges of sexual abuse. 

BREAKING: Massachusetts Sex Abuse Charges Against McCarrick Dismissed; He’s Ruled Incompetent to Stand Trial

August 30, 2023

A Massachusetts judge ruled Aug. 30 that Theodore McCarrick, a 93-year-old former U.S. Cardinal, was not competent enough, due to advanced dementia, to stand trial on charges of sexual abuse in that state. 

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