SALEM (AP) — A priest is headed to court in Massachusetts to face accusations that he molested a child three decades ago.
The Essex district attorney’s office says the Rev. Richard McCormick is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Salem Superior Court on five counts of child rape.
The alleged assaults took place in Ipswich in 1981 and 1982 when the alleged victim was 11 and 12 years old.
Authorities say McCormick was arrested Thursday in New Rochelle, N.Y.
It was not immediately clear if McCormick had a lawyer.
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Now, I’m certainly not about to defend (alleged) pedophiles, but isn’t there something called a state of limitations? Why do these people wait so long to make these accusations? And what proof can they offer after all that time? Are there any witnesses? What is this? Wonderland, or a Kafka novel?
In some states there is no statute of limitation for sex abuse cases.
Oops. I meant to say “statute” instead of state.