Case of Nathaniel Grady, accused Methodist Pastor of the Bronx, New York

• Service of thanksgiving celebrates Grady release from New York prison (UMNS 1996 July 30)
• Minister is Released in Child-Abuse Case (New York Times, 1996 July 12)
• Imprisoned pastor still awaits court decision (UMNS 1995 December 13)
• Pastor hopes new motion will free him (UMNS 1995 May 9)
• Grady court petition cites 'duplicitous' indictment (UMNS 1995 May 9)
• United Methodist News Service (UMNS)
• Article on WESTCHESTER NY RITUAL ABUSE CASES from OCRT
• Return to other cases
• Return to Witchhunt Links

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               Minister is Released in Child-Abuse Case
            The New York Times, July 12, 1996, David Stout

  Rev. Nathaniel T. Grady was released from prison after 10 years
behind bars for child-abuse crimes he swears never happened. His
release followed a ruling by the Southern District Ct., New York that
he be given a new appeal because he had been inadequately represented
on earlier appeals. Rev. Grady was convicted in 1986 of sexual abuse
involving children at a day-care center in his church. A 3-year-old
told his parents about "a robber" who abused him at nap time.
Although the FBI videotaped over 640 hours in the day care center but
recorded no instances of abuse, Rev. Grady and four others were tried.
During the trial, all the children had trouble picking out Mr. Grady.
In fact, one child pointed to the judge as the abuser. Joel B. Rudin,
the lawyer representing Grady, said that he believed that prosecutors
had gone too far in coaxing wild stories out of children too young to
appreciate what they were saying. All four other defendants have since
had their convictions overturned.
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