MA Bishop Charged With DUI in Gansett

Rev. Robert J. McManus, the Bishop of Worcester for the Diocese of Worcester, was arrested Saturday in Narragansett and charged with drunken driving, refusing to submit to a chemical test and leaving the scene of an accident, according to multiple media reports.

According to a report by WPRI, a car driven by McManus hit another car, but the driver of the car was able to follow McManus to his vacation home on Colonel John Garden Road in Bonnet Shores.

McManus is scheduled to be arraigned at Fourth Division District Court on Tuesday, the customary day for non-felony Narragansett police charges.

The bishop released the following statement via the diocese’s website:

“On Saturday evening, May 4, I made a terrible error in judgment by driving after having consumed alcohol with dinner. There is no excuse for the mistake I made, only a commitment to make amends and accept the consequences of my action. More importantly, I ask forgiveness from the good people whom I serve, as well as my family and friends, in the Diocese of Worcester and the Diocese of Providence.”