PHILADELPHIA (PA)
New York Daily News
By Victoria Cavaliere / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The trial of a former priest and a parochial school teacher accused of molesting the same young boy was abruptly postponed Tuesday after a death in the family of a defense attorney.
A new trial date for Father Charles Engelhardt, 65, and ex-teacher Bernard Shero, 49, will be decided on Friday and the case will be turned over to a new judge because of scheduling conflicts.
The delay was likely to frustrate both the prosecution and the alleged victim, identified only as “Billy Doe.” Billy was allegedly repeatedly molested and raped by Shero, Engelhardt, and a third priest beginning in 1998 — one of the most disturbing complaints of child sex abuse to come out of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
This was the second time the trial of Shero and Engelhardt had been delayed. The two men have pleaded not guilty.
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