In New Court Filing, Theodore McCarrick’s Lawyers Say He’s Not Competent to Stand Trial

[Michie]

A new court document was filed Jan. 13 in Dedham District Court in Massachusetts.

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is in “significant” mental decline and may not be fit to stand trial for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, his attorneys say in a new court filing.

The legal team for the 92-year-old ex-prelate said it plans to file a motion to dismiss the case, citing a neurological exam conducted by Dr. David Schretlen, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The exam took place on Dec. 5, 2022, at a facility in Missouri where McCarrick is living.

The results show McCarrick to be suffering from “significant neuropsychological deficits” that “appear to have started relatively recently, to be worsening rapidly, and to impair both Mr. McCarrick’s cognition and his memory,” according to the court document filed Jan. 13 in Dedham District Court in Massachusetts. A final report is expected within 30 days.

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BREAKING: McCarrick’s Lawyers Say He’s Not Competent to Stand Trial

A new court document was filed Jan. 13 in Dedham District Court in Massachusetts.

www.ncregister.com

 

[chevyontheriver]

A new court document was filed Jan. 13 in Dedham District Court in Massachusetts.

Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is in “significant” mental decline and may not be fit to stand trial for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, his attorneys say in a new court filing.

The legal team for the 92-year-old ex-prelate said it plans to file a motion to dismiss the case, citing a neurological exam conducted by Dr. David Schretlen, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The exam took place on Dec. 5, 2022, at a facility in Missouri where McCarrick is living.

The results show McCarrick to be suffering from “significant neuropsychological deficits” that “appear to have started relatively recently, to be worsening rapidly, and to impair both Mr. McCarrick’s cognition and his memory,” according to the court document filed Jan. 13 in Dedham District Court in Massachusetts. A final report is expected within 30 days.

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BREAKING: McCarrick’s Lawyers Say He’s Not Competent to Stand Trial

A new court document was filed Jan. 13 in Dedham District Court in Massachusetts.

www.ncregister.com

I think it was the plan all along to let him age out of competency and essentially get away with it. The upper ups of the Church benefit from no trial. Somehow the government benefits from it as well.

This leaves so many unanswered questions and basically buries everything McCarrick ever did. Every sordid thing. How do we heal right with it covered up forever?

 

[Bob Crowley]

Leave it to God's judgment.

Nothing is hidden from Him.

 

[narnia59]

Leave it to God's judgment.

Nothing is hidden from Him.

This.

Many things are not going to be healed or even the truth known in this life. It comes down to trust that God will right all wrongs and wipe away all tears. It's a fruitless hope to search for that kind of closure here, but trusting in God can bring peace.

 

[RileyG]

This.

Many things are not going to be healed or even the truth known in this life. It comes down to trust that God will right all wrongs and wipe away all tears. It's a fruitless hope to search for that kind of closure here, but trusting in God can bring peace.

Amen

 

[Diamond7]

Many things are not going to be healed or even the truth known in this life.

God can heal people if they go to Him for healing. A lot of people just do not know how. He does more than heal memories. He can go back in time to bring about healing from when the event took place.