PHILADELPHIA (PA)
NBC 10
A state appellate court has rejected the appeal of a Roman Catholic priest who died in prison while serving time in a Philadelphia abuse case.
The Rev. Charles Engelhardt insisted he was wrongly convicted at his 2013 trial.
The 67-year-old priest was serving a 6- to 12-year sentence. He died in November, weeks after his appeal was argued.
He died after a brief hospital stay that followed heart-related problems.
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