Jury deliberates in trial for Ohio priest accused of taking boy to West Virginia for sex

OHIO
Fox 11

Reported by: Associated Press
Reported: Friday, September 20, 2013

CINCINNATI
A jury has resumed deliberations in the trial of an Ohio priest charged with taking a 10-year-old boy to West Virginia for sex more than two decades ago.

Federal jurors in Cincinnati deliberated for a couple of hours Thursday in the case of Robert Poandl and resumed Friday morning. The Roman Catholic priest has pleaded not guilty to a charge of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent of engaging him in sex.

Prosecutors say the charge carries a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison.

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