PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CBS Philly
By Tony Hanson
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The second part of the landmark clergy abuse case is scheduled to begin today with the trial of two men, a priest and a lay teacher, charged with sexually assaulting the same young boy when he was in 5th and 6th grade. Jury selection is scheduled for today.
Father Charles Engelhardt, 65, is charged with sexually assaulting the then-fifth-grade student in the church sacristy at St. Jerome’s in the Northeast.
District Attorney Seth Williams detailed the allegations when the charges were filed early last year.
“He was in the sacristy and as many young men — including myself was a young guy — as an altar boy, he has wine and the priest not looking and he took a couple of sips, priest comes in and instead of saying ‘stop that, don’t do that,’ the priest told him to drink more. And then locked the doors to the sacristy, showed him pornography and then began his abuse.”
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