AMITE -- Attorneys say it could take longer than a week to try the next suspect in the Hosanna Church child sex abuse case.

Defense attorney Michael Thiel told state District Judge ZoeyWaguespack Wednesday that he could see the aggravated rape trial for his client, 49-year-old Louis D. Lamonica of Holden, taking longer than a week.

Former church pastor Lamonica is one of seven members of the now-defunct Hosanna Church in Ponchatoula indicted in 2005 on charges of raping the same three children. His case is set for trial on August 18.

Another former Hosanna member, 39-year-old Austin "Trey" Bernard, is serving a life sentence after being convicted in December of three counts of aggravated rape of a 2-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.

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