Priest, Ex-Teacher Face Sex Trial in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
ABC News

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA January 13, 2013

The second trial to stem from a landmark investigation of priest sexual abuse in the Philadelphia Archdiocese is set to start Monday.

The accuser says he was abused by two Roman Catholic priests and his sixth-grade teacher in the late 1990s. One has pleaded guilty, while the others are fighting the charges at trial.

The young man’s credibility is expected to be the crux of the case.

A policeman’s son, he’s battled drugs and alcohol and been arrested for petty crimes.

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