Prosecution questions first panel of potential jurors in former priest's sex abuse case

By Johnathan Manning
KPLC
January 27, 2016

http://www.kplctv.com/story/31064730/prosecution-questions-first-panel-of-potential-jurors-in-former-priests-sex-abuse-case

Mark Broussard

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) -

The prosecution questioned a panel of 21 potential jurors Tuesday in a former priest's sex abuse trial.

The defense must now question the panel, then both sides will question another panel as the two sides work to put together a 12-person jury.

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.