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  Date Set for Priest's Sex Trial in Tanzania

Xinhua [Tanzania]
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DAR ES SALAAM, June 30 (Xinhuanet) -- The trial of a Roman Catholic priest charged with sexual offenses involving a 17-year-old boy has been set to start on July 21 in Dar es Salaam.

Decision on the starting date of the trial was reached after a closed-door preliminary hearing at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam, according to local English newspaper The Guardian.

At least eight witnesses are expected to be summoned in to testify and these include the boy's parents, police officers who detained the accused priest, Sixtus Kimaro, and the boy's teachers.

The 38-year-old priest has been charged with sexually abusing the boy between 2003 and May this year.

The priest denies the charges and is out on bail.