Priest from Newman Center pleads innocent to drug charges

URBANA — A priest at St. John's Catholic Newman Center, accused of selling cocaine at the University of Illinois, pleaded innocent Thursday.

The Rev. Christopher Layden pleaded innocent to two counts of delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a church and a separate count of possession with intent to deliver 1 to 15 grams of cocaine near a church.

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