By Thomas J. Morgan
WARWICK, R.I. -- Roman Catholic Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, Mass., admitted refusing a chemical breath test for alcohol Tuesday and was fined $935, according to courts spokesman Craig N. Berke.
McManus's license was suspended for six months and he was ordered by Judge William T. Noonan of the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal to perform 10 hours of community service and undergo alcohol counseling.
Berke said the punishment was standard for a first offender.
McManus, a former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Providence, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of drunken driving after an accident May 4 on Boston Neck Road in Narragansett. The other driver followed McManus to the bishop's vacation house at Bonnet Shores and summoned police.