ST. LOUIS (MO)
Post-Dispatch
By Robert Patrick
Of the Post-Dispatch
08/29/2005
The criminal prosecution of a Catholic priest charged with performing oral sex on a teenage boy in the Old Cathedral more than 25 years ago started Monday in St. Louis Circuit Court.
The prosecution of the Rev. Thomas Graham, 71, is being seen by some Missouri prosecutors as the test case that will determine if they can pursue decades-old sex charges.
Graham is being prosecuted under a 1969 law that did not provide a statute of limitations for "abominable and detestable crimes against nature."
If convicted of sodomy, Graham could face up to life in prison.
Posted by kshaw at August 30, 2005 06:58 AM