Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Reasonable Doubt
Record contained sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction under 18 USC section 2423(c) of traveling in interstate commerce for purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct where record showed that defendant-priest sexually molested 13-year-old boy during his travels to religious retreats. While defendant argued that record failed to establish that purpose of trips was to engage in sex, record supported instant conviction where purpose of instant travel was to attend retreat in company of boy that defendant intended to molest. Fact that business was transacted during trip did not preclude instant conviction where defendant had broad latitude concerning number and location of retreats and actually configured his travels to optimize his sexual activity.