By AP/KWMU
St. Louis – An appeals court in St. Louis yesterday ruled a priest can face sex crime charges from offenses that happened more than 25 years ago.
Father Thomas Graham is accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the Old Cathedral downtown in the late 70s.
Graham's lawyers said too much time had passed to bring the charge.
But the court said there is no time limit for charging someone with a crime that could be punished with as much as life in prison or death.
That ruling could be significant for other molestation cases.