LOUISVILLE (KY)
WKYT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A judge on Wednesday ordered that a former Roman Catholic priest facing a retrial on rape and sodomy charges undergo a physical examination of his genitalia.
Prosecutors requested the exam seeking to corroborate a description from the alleged victim who claims she was assaulted by Bruce Ewing decades ago when she was a teenager.
Ewing's attorney, David Lambertus, declined comment on Jefferson County Circuit Judge Martin McDonald's order.
Ewing's trial last year ended with a deadlocked jury after five hours of deliberations. If convicted, Ewing could have faced up to 15 years in prison on the one count of third-degree rape and two counts of third-degree sodomy.
Posted by kshaw at January 5, 2005 05:29 PM