Former Bambini di Praga director in court

Bohumil Kulinsky, 47, the former director of a famous children's choir, Bambini di Praga, faced his first day at trial for sexual abuse on Monday. Mr. Kulinsky is charged with sexual abuse of two underage girls, both former choir members. He denies the accusations. Mr. Kulinsky has already spent 219 days behind bars in 2005, for what police termed "threatening the moral education of youth and sexual abuse." If found guilty of the current charges, Mr. Kulinsky faces a maximum of 12 years in prison.