Trial date set for priest accused of child exploitation

KENTUCKY
WLKY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —A trial date was set Tuesday for a former Louisville pastor facing federal child exploitation charges.

Stephen Pohl went before a federal judge Tuesday morning and entered a not guilty plea in the case.

According to the indictment, he accessed and viewed images of child pornography online between January and August of this year.

He resigned as pastor at Saint Margaret Mary after his arrest in August.

He is now out of jail.

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