CANADA
Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL — A West Island church deacon charged in December with distributing and producing child pornography had a third charge added to his file Monday.
William Kokesch, 66, who has been free on $10,000 bail since his arrest, was charged with possession of child pornography. He chose to waive a preliminary hearing and go straight to trial. His next court date is Jan. 14.
Police seized more than 2,000 computer files and messages left on Internet chat sites while executing search warrants in December at his home and the Beaconsfield church where he served as a deacon.
During the bail hearing late last year, crown prosecutor Dominique Potvin had said Kokesch would be charged with possession of child pornography.
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