MICHIGAN
Green Bay Press-Gazette

DETROIT (WTW) — The Michigan Court of Appeals will hear arguments about whether a pastor’s testimony related to a possible confession in a child sexual assault case may be used in court.

The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/wpBJxq) a three-judge panel hears the case Thursday.

Court documents say Samuel Bragg confessed in 2009 to the Rev. John Vaprezsan at Metro Baptist Church in Belleville about the 2007 assault of a 9-year-old girl. Vaprezsan testified in March in the case against Bragg, who is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.