MOBILE (AL)
Fox 10
Updated: Monday, 15 Oct 2012
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Jury selection began on Monday for a former preacher who is expected to face trial for sex abuse charges in Mobile.
Cedrick D. McMillian, formerly a pastor at New Birth Baptist Church, is charged with second-degree sodomy and sexual abuse against a girl who authorities said was 14 at the time.
Both sides are hopeful that they will be able to strike a jury and begin the trial as soon as the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 15.
McMillian turned himself in in August 2011 on the charges, which prosecutors said took place in 2007 and 2008 in Mobile County. Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Nicki Patterson said in 2011 that McMillan had been text messaging a 14-year-old relative.
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