Former Priest, Now A Prisoner, Sets Himself On Fire
By Ralph Cipriano
for bigtrial.net
Ed Avery looked the prosecutor in the eye and said he didn't do it.
He said he never touched the 10-year-old altar boy known as "Billy Doe." The defrocked priest today rode a bus from the state prison up in Laurel Highlands, Somerset County, all the way to the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, at least a four-hour …