Priest faces trial in child molestation case

OHIO
Cincinnati Inquirer

Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in a case against a longtime Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting a boy two decades ago.

Federal prosecutors plan to allege the Rev. Robert F. Poandl had a history of molesting children before he allegedly attacked the boy on Aug. 3, 1991, according to a motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court.

They say he molested two young boys over a three-year period beginning in May 1981.

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