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LOCAL NEWS

Former pastor on trial for rape

02:37 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 27, 2004

From 11 News Staff Reports

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KHOU-TV
James Eugene Tucker Jr.

Jury selection is under way in the trial of a former Houston pastor charged with sexually assaulting a member of his church.

James Eugene Tucker Jr. is accused of raping a woman in 1998.

According to authorities, the woman claims the assault happened while she was undergoing marriage counseling with Tucker at Abundant Life Church.

The woman says she was afraid to come forward at first.

Tucker later resigned as the pastor of the church.

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