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	Trial of Illinois Priest Starts with Opening Statements The Associated Press, carried in ABC 7 [Elkhorn WI] February 18, 2006 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=3919368 February 18, 2006 (ELKHORN, Wis.) - A retired Catholic priest is on trial in Elkhorn, Wisconsin on charges he molested two boys at a Wisconsin home in the late 1960s after befriending them at an Illinois academy. In opening statements today, prosecutors said the Reverend Donald McGuire befriended the boys as a teacher at Loyola Academy in Wilmette (Illinois.) They say he molested them at his campus living quarters and during trips to a home on Geneva Lake. They were 14 or 15 years old at the time. The 75-year-old McGuire of Chicago is charged with five counts of indecent behavior with a child. Defense lawyer Gerald Boyle used his opening statement to raise questions about the accusers and their motivation.
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