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  Trial, Jury Selection, Continue in Trial of Ex-Paterson Priest

By Jeff Diamant
Star-Ledger
October 24, 2007

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/10/trial_jury_selection_continue.html

Day two of jury selection begins at 9:30 a.m. today in the trial of James Hanley, the former Catholic priest who has admitted molesting about a dozen boys in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson.

The trial is unrelated to that abuse. Hanley is accused of swinging a baseball bat 19 months ago at employees of the Extended Stay Hotel in Secaucus, after a dispute over payment for a room.

About 13 potential jurors passed initial cuts yesterday. Fourteen are needed — 12 plus two alternatives.

The trial is expected to last a few days.

 
 

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