August 05, 2005

Trial Date Set for Maui Deacon

HAWAII
KHNL

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) -

Trial for a Roman Catholic deacon on Maui accused of sexually assaulting a boy has been rescheduled to November 18th.

James "Ron" Gonsalves has pleaded innocent to 62 counts of first- and third-degree sexual assault of a minor.

Maui Circuit Judge Shackley Raffetto also granted a defense motion yesterday to allow the 68-year-old Gonsalves to visit his mother at Maui Memorial Medical Center with an escort from his attorney's office.

Gonsalves was released Monday, after posting $100,000 bail under provisions that kept him confined to his home in Wailuku, except when visiting his attorney's office.

Posted by kshaw at August 5, 2005 09:01 PM