Must have been a long day imbibing the sacrificial wine, 'eh?
"Worcester bishop faces DUI charge; McManus contrite after R.I. accident" by Travis Andersen | Globe Staff, May 06, 2013
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — The leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester apologized Monday for a “terrible error in judgment” following his arrest over the weekend here on charges of driving drunk and fleeing the scene of an accident.
Bishop Robert J. McManus was involved in an accident with another driver at the intersection of Boston Neck and Bridgetown roads Saturday at about 10:30 p.m. and drove away from the scene, said Narragansett police.
The other driver followed McManus to the Bonnet Shores beachfront community about 2 miles away, where McManus was arrested roughly 20 minutes later, police said. McManus and his siblings own a home in that section of town, a neighbor said.
McManus, 61, apologized in a statement issued by his office Monday....
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"Worcester bishop failed 3 sobriety exams; Arrest report says speech was slurred" by Brian Ballou | Globe Staff, May 07, 2013
WAKEFIELD, R.I. — Minutes after he allegedly hit a car in traffic and fled the scene Saturday night, Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester was so wobbly that a police officer halted his field sobriety test because he feared that McManus would fall and injure himself, according to a police report.
McManus’s eyes fluttered and were bloodshot, his speech was slurred, and when he was asked to count he could not. McManus told the officer that “he may have hit a vehicle but he didn’t realize he did.’’ He refused a breathalyzer test.
Those details of McManus’s arrest in Rhode Island are contained in a police report released Tuesday morning, after McManus was arraigned in the J. Howard McGrath Judicial Complex. He pleaded not guilty to charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of property damage.
McManus, 61, who has led the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester since 2004, told police he had a glass of wine and a Manhattan, a mixed drink, with his pasta and steak dinner at 7 p.m. in Providence. Police said they are trying to determine where McManus dined....
The church is going broke and immersed in scandal and yet the brass parties hearty!
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UPDATE: Worcester bishop pleads guilty to refusing breathalyzer test
