Pa. Supreme Court Justice McCaffery Says He's Being Railroaded by Chief Justice
By Mark Abrams
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice Seamus McCaffery is accusing the court's chief justice, Ron Castille, of trying to take him down using a government porn e-mail scandal.
In a statement released today, McCaffery accuses Castille of engineering a "cooked-up controversy" and being fixated on taking down a fellow justice with "misleading statements and incredible hyopocrisy."
McCaffery's statement comes in response to Castille's release yesterday of an analysis showing McCaffery sent or received more than 200 e-mails to state employees from late 2008 to mid 2012 that contained sexual content.
Castille received the data from Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane, who found them as part of a review of the Jerry Sandusky investigation.
Castille is seeking action from fellow justices against McCaffery, to, in Castille's words, protect the high court's "moral authority."
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Among the possibile actions the justices could take: suspend McCaffery, or file a complaint with the state's Judicial Conduct Board.
McCaffery, a former Philadelphia police officer and US Marine, apologized for the private e-mails he said were intended for friends and not for public view.
McCaffery called the e-maiils a lapse in judgment and said he is truly sorry if he offended anyone.
