TENNESSEE
WCYB
By Lenny Cohen, Digital Media Manager
A former East Tennessee priest wants his child sexual abuse conviction thrown out and a new trial granted.
That’s what lawyers for William Casey filed motions for in a state appeals court, Wednesday.
They claim his attorneys were ineffective during his trial, so the conviction should be overturned.
They also want the trial judge and prosecutors off the case.
In 2011, a jury convicted Casey of sexually abusing a boy while he was a priest at St. Dominic’s parish in Kingsport, nearly 40 years ago.
Casey essentially received a life sentence.
He was also convicted of similar offenses in North Carolina.
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