Leonard Church Trial Date Set

Former Kennesaw mayor and current Kennesaw city councilman Leonard Church will stand trial next month for alleged sexual crimes against children.

According to the Marietta Daily Journal, Church’s trial is set to begin on April 27. He is facing one count of child molestation, one count of aggravated child molestation, and four counts of sexual exploitation of children.

According to an indictment, Church stands accused of fondling a 7-year-old boy while showing him pornographic images during May of 2014. In addition, Church allegedly possessed child pornography as early as 2006, including five images of young girls’ genitals and one image of a young boy’s genitals.

Church served as the Mayor of Kennesaw between 2000 and 2008, and was on the Kennesaw City Council at the time of his arrest on charges of child molestation in late June of last year.