Ex-cardinal McCarrick's Wisconsin sexual assault case suspended due to incompetence

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Ex-cardinal McCarrick's Wisconsin sexual assault case suspended due to incompetence
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A Wisconsin judge has suspended charges against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, ruling that he is not competent to stand trial due to dementia. The charges stem from allegations of sexually assaulting a boy in the 1970s, with the decision to be reviewed at the end of the year. McCarrick, who was removed from the priesthood in 2019 after a Vatican investigation found he had sexually molested adults and children, faces allegations of assaulting a teenage boy in Massachusetts in 1974. His attorneys have argued that he is not competent to stand trial due to his age and health.

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