A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the sentence of 10 years
to life in prison for a former Akron priest and lawyer convicted in 2008
of raping an 8-year-old boy.
Joseph Williams, 72, will remain behind bars at Mansfield Correctional Institution until at least October 2018, when he will go before a parole panel. Williams was convicted in Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court on a charge of raping a child under age 13, and he appealed his case repeatedly until it reached a federal court.
http://www.ohio.com/news/local/ex-priest-lawyer-loses-appeal-on-child-rape-charges-1.682826
Joseph Williams, 72, will remain behind bars at Mansfield Correctional Institution until at least October 2018, when he will go before a parole panel. Williams was convicted in Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court on a charge of raping a child under age 13, and he appealed his case repeatedly until it reached a federal court.
http://www.ohio.com/news/local/ex-priest-lawyer-loses-appeal-on-child-rape-charges-1.682826