MINNESOTA
Mesabi Daily News
HIBBING — The Hibbing priest charged with sexual misconduct and possession of child pornography is slated for trial this week before Judge David E. Ackerson in St. Louis County District Court in Hibbing.
A pretrial hearing was held for Brian M. Lederer, 30, Monday. Jury selection is expected to get under way today.
Lederer is charged with four counts of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree, two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree and possession of pornographic work. All are felony level charges.
Lederer was arrested and charged in May 2015. The criminal complaint was amended in August 2015 when a charge of possession of pornography and another charge of criminal sexual conduct were added.
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