JEFFERSON (WI)
Channel 3000
Sept. 12, 2019
By Rose Schmidt
The retired priest being tried on child sexual abuse charges took the stand Thursday in his own defense.
William Nolan is accused of sexually assaulting an altar boy more than 100 times over four years, starting in 2006 when the accuser was 13 years old. At the time the accuser says the abuse began, Nolan was the priest at St. Joseph’s Church in Fort Atkinson.
Nolan testified in Jefferson County court Thursday morning. His defense attorney, Jonas Bednarek, asked at one point how one of the accusations made him feel.
“Mad, angry,” Nolan replied.
“Why?” Bednarek asked.
“Because it didn’t happen,” Nolan said.
The judge dropped one of the six felony charges Nolan is facing.
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