Sodomy trial of priest moves to jury selection phase

KENTUCKY
WAVE

By Charles Gazaway

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Jury selection has begun in the trial of a Louisville priest charged with sexually abusing two teens more than 30 years ago.

Rev. James Schook, 65, is charged with sodomy after being indicted in 2011.

Schook, who has terminal skin cancer, was deemed fit to stand trial after he was examined by a state doctor.

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