Requests denied for mistrial of priest accused of sexual abuse

ALBUQUERQUE (NM)
KRQE TV

April 9, 2019

Closing arguments are scheduled Tuesday for an Albuquerque priest facing federal sex abuse charges.

Arthur Perrault is accused of assaulting an 11-year-old boy at Kirtland Air Force Base and Santa Fe National Cemetery in the early 1990s.

According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, Perrault’s attorney asked for a mistrial Monday but U.S. District Judge Martha Vásquez denied it.

The 80-year-old has pleaded not guilty.

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