On July 28 of this year Mr. Casey pleaded guilty to a charge of a crime against nature in McDowell County District Court in North Carolina. He has since been indicted in Scott County, Va., and Sullivan County, Tenn.
On Thursday of this week Mr. Casey will be facing child-sexual-abuse charges at an arraignment hearing in Sullivan County Criminal Court. I have cooperated fully with all civil authorities and believe that justice is due Mr. Tucker for the crimes committed against him by Mr. Casey.
I wanted to make the faithful of East Tennessee aware of the criminal-court proceedings so that you will not be caught off guard by media coverage of these hearings.
It is important to note that besides Mr. Casey’s having been permanently removed from ecclesiastical ministry and facing the criminal proceedings that are taking place, he could be dismissed from the clerical state. This is an action that can be taken only by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican in Rome.
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