Jefferson Parish prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a Roman Catholic deacon and prominent lawyer from Metairie who was arrested in March on suspicion of molesting a pre-teen boy 20 years ago, before his ordination as a member of the clergy but while he was in a formal church process to become one.

Virgil Maxey “V.M.” Wheeler III, 63, was charged with two counts each of sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile by Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick’s office. The charging documents contain few specifics, beyond noting that the abuse occurred between March 2000 and March 2002.