LOUISIANA
KPLC
By Theresa Schmidt
Testimony begins today in the trial of a former priest accused of molesting altar boys.
Mark Anthony Broussard is accused of sexually assaulting boys when he was a priest in Calcasieu between 1986 and 1991. He faces five sex charges – two counts of aggravated rape, one count of aggravated oral sexual battery, one count of oral sexual battery and one count of molestation of a juvenile.
Jury selection lasted a week and was completed on Friday.
Broussard, who is free on $1.5 million bond, was initially indicted on 224 counts of sexual abuse, but the charges were reduced to five, which reflect the entirety of the accusations.
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