Edouard Trial Date Not Moved

By Steve Woodhouse
The Journal-Express
January 16, 2012

http://journalexpress.net/local/x1267394968/Edouard-trial-date-not-moved

Patrick Edouard Marion County Sheriff's Office

Pella — Though his defense attorney indicated otherwise at his last pretrial conference, there has been no action taken to reschedule the trial of former Pella pastor Patrick Edouard.

The trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 9:30 a.m., in Dallas County. The trial was moved from Marion County at the defendant's request. Edouard is charged with three counts of third-degree sexual abuse and four counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist.

Online court records, the only records available to the Journal-Express with the Clerk of Court office closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, indicate there are still pending motions in the case. One of these includes a motion to dismiss counts four through seven, the charges of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist.

Look to the Journal-Express for more information as it becomes available.