May 31, 2005

Trial set for next week in clergy abuse case

LOS ANGELES (CA)
Monterey Herald

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - A retired Roman Catholic priest will stand trial next week for allegedly molesting a boy in the 1990s.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin June 9 in the case against Michael Wempe, who faces three counts of committing a lewd act on a child and one count of oral copulation of a person under 16.

The current case stems from charges filed in September, months after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling voided 42 other sexual abuse allegations against Wempe. The alleged victim, now in his mid-20s, is the brother of two previous alleged victims.

Posted by kshaw at May 31, 2005 08:16 PM