Bond reduced for New Orleans gospel singer, high school choir teacher in child molestation cases

A New Orleans judge reduced the bond for a local Grammy Award-winning gospel singer accused of molesting two teenage boys.

Joshua “Josh” Kagler, 39, has been jailed since late July after his arrest on several charges tied to allegations he used marijuana to lure a 16-year-old boy to his New Orleans home, where he allegedly groomed and raped the teen on multiple occasions last year.

He also faces a single count of sexual battery stemming from a 2019 report that he inappropriately touched a teenage boy in front of other students in a classroom while he was working as a substitute band instructor…

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