CLEVELAND (OH)
Cleveland.com
December 31, 2019
By Cory Shaffer
An appeals court on Tuesday reduced the bond for a Strongsville Catholic priest accused of sending and receiving child pornography.
A three-judge panel at the 8th District Court of Appeals unanimously agreed to grant the Rev. Robert McWilliams’ writ of habeas corpus and lowered his bond to 10 percent of $50,000.
The decision by Judges Sean C. Gallagher, Mary Eileen Kilbane and Kathleen Ann Keough means McWilliams will have to pay $5,000 plus fees to secure release from the Cuyahoga County Jail. He will have to wear a GPS ankle monitor if he leaves jail.
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