TENNESSEE
Greeneville Sun
Ken Little
A new lawyer for William Casey has new strategies to get another trial for the former Roman Catholic priest.
Francis X. Santore Jr. plans to file a formal petition by Thursday in Sullivan County Criminal Court seeking post-conviction relief for Casey, who was convicted in 2011 of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of aggravated rape in connection with the molestation of then-altar-boy Warren Tucker between 1979 and 1980.
Casey, now 81, was a longtime resident of the Camp Creek community in Greene County.
He was sentenced after conviction to a minimum of 35 years in prison by then-Sullivan County Criminal Court Judge Robert H. Montgomery Jr., who is now a judge on the state Court of Criminal Appeals.
Since sentencing in July 2011, Casey has been an inmate at the Tennessee Department of Correction’s Northeast Correctional Facility in Mountain City. He will not be eligible for parole until at least 2026, when he is 92.
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