Jury Selection Complete in Former Priest Sex Abuse Trial

By Laura Heller
KSLA
January 30, 2016

http://www.ksla.com/story/31095264/jury-selection-complete-in-former-priest-sex-abuse-trial

Mark Broussard (Source: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office).

CALCASIEU PARISH, LA (KPLC) -

Twelve jurors have now been selected in a former priest's sex abuse trial.

The process began Monday and lasted all week.

Former priest Mark Anthony Broussard is accused of sexually assaulting boys when he was a priest in Calcasieu between 1986 and 1991. He faces five sex charges - two counts of aggravated rape, one count of aggravated oral sexual battery, one count of oral sexual battery and one count of molestation of a juvenile.

Broussard was initially indicted on 224 counts of sexual abuse, but the charges were reduced to five which reflect the entirety of the accusations.

Broussard is free on $1.5 million bond.

Opening statements begin Monday.