Former US cardinal denies sex attack on boy at wedding reception

Theodore McCarrick is the only US Catholic cardinal to be charged with child sex crimes

Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick arrives at Dedham District Court. Picture: Michael Dwyer/AP

Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception in Massachusetts nearly 50 years ago.

McCarrick, 91, wore a mask and entered Boston’s Dedham District Court hunched over a walker. “Shame on you!” a protester shouted.