ST. LOUIS (MO)
KSDK
(KSDK) - A jury has found Father Thomas Graham guilty of molesting a teenage boy at the Old Cathedral. Graham was accused of repeatedly molesting the boy starting in the 1970s.
The jury of 10 women and two men took less than two hours to decide a verdict.
Opening statements wrapped up in Tuesday morning. Graham testified Wednesday morning and the case went to jury at 1:30 p.m.
The alleged victim was the first person to take the stand Tuesday. He is now 43 years old and lives in St. Louis. He says the sexual abuse by Father Graham began when he was a young boy in St. Mary's where Father Graham was an Associate Pastor at the time.
The alleged victim described in detail to the court how Graham allegedly fondled him on several occasions as a young boy while riding in a car and again at the Old Cathedral years later when he was a teenager. He described Father Graham as a close family friend.