By Kate Thayer
The Chronicle
February 18, 2010
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ST. CHARLES – The priest accused of sexually assaulting a St. Charles boy received a new judge assignment Thursday.
Alejandro Flores, 37, is charged with multiple counts of predatory sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and criminal sexual assault.
Prosecutors say Flores – who last served as a priest in Streamwood – assaulted a boy he knew from January 2005 until his arrest last month.
On Thursday, Flores’ case was assigned to Associate Judge Jordan Gallagher. Defense attorney Glenn Sowa asked the case to be re-assigned after it was placed in Associate Judge Allen Anderson’s courtroom.
The defense has the right to ask for a substitution of judge in any given case.
Flores will appear next in court on March 11. He remains in jail on $1 million bail.
Days after the accusations were reported to St. Charles police, Flores attempted suicide by jumping off a church choir balcony. He was arrested upon his release from the hospital.
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