GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A self-proclaimed pastor who faces life in prison for allegedly sexually assaulting children denied the allegations in an interview from jail.
Joseph Allen Cahill, 37, isaccusedof sexually assaulting one victim nearly 20 years ago in Wyoming, when he was 18 and the alleged victim was 10. The second case is from five to seven years ago on Grand Rapids’ West Side and involves a victim younger than 13.
In a Tuesday video call from the Kent County jail, Cahill claimed he was in foster homes, juvenile detention and a youth home in northern Michigan at the time of the allegations from 20 years ago.
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