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	Ex-pastor's Trial for Sex Abuse Set for August KATC July 15, 2008 http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8676720 AMITE, La. - The former pastor of the defunct Hosanna Church in Ponchatoula will not face charges that he sexually abused a 2-year-old girl at his upcoming aggravated rape trial, a prosecutor said. The case involving the girl will be severed from the rape charges involving Louis D. Lamonica's two sons, ages 11 and younger at the time of the alleged abuse, on which Lamonica will be tried next month. Lamonica is among the seven members of the former Hosanna Church in Ponchatoula indicted in 2005 in the abuse of the three children. His trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 18. Tangipahoa Parish Assistant District Attorney Don Wall told the court Monday he planned to sever the charges, but Lamonica could be tried in the girl's rape at a later date. Wall offered no explanation for his decision during the hearing and declined to comment afterward, citing a gag order issued last year by state District Judge Zoey Waguespack. Another former Hosanna member, 39-year-old Austin "Trey" Bernard, is serving a life sentence after being convicted in December of three counts of aggravated rape of a 2-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.
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