PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
By David Hurst
dhurst@tribdem.com
Posted on Sep 3, 2015
A U.S. District Court Judge told attorneys Thursday he will likely allow a prosecution expert to make at least some testimony in a Central City priest’s sex tourism trial later this month.
But with federal prosecutors now also seeking to challenge a defense witness’s court appearance, Judge Kim R. Gibson said he won’t be issuing an order on a prosecution psychologist’s expert testimony until Friday at the earliest.
Both sides appeared in court Thursday to debate what testimony Lehigh Valley psychologist Veronique Valliere could offer in the Rev. Joseph Maurizio’s trial, which is set to begin Tuesday.
Maurizio is accused of using his Catholic mission to prey on Honduran street orphans.
Prosecutors maintain he offered children cash and candy for sex acts – something Maurizio has said did not occur.
Valliere has decades of experience as a licensed psychologist and specializes in interpersonal violence.
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