BLOOMINGTON - A former minister and substitute teacher accused of sexually abusing teenage boys won't go to trial in December because of a defense move to try to get concurrent sentences if he is convicted in state and federal courts.

Defense attorney Steve Skelton asked that the state trial of James Love be delayed because of federal child pornography charges pending in Peoria. He said his client has a better chance of receiving a concurrent sentence if he pleads or is found guilty on the local charges after the federal trial, rather than before.

The state charges say he sedated and abused four teenage boys in his home in Normal. The federal charges say he photographed them.

Love, who has pleaded not guilty to the state and federal charges, had been scheduled to go to trial Dec. 10.

Judge Kevin Fitzgerald also ruled that Love will be allowed supervised visits with his 14-year-old son. Skelton said in requesting those visits that his client and client's son have both suffered as a result.

Fitzgerald agreed with a request by Assistant State's Attorney Michelle Brooks that those visits be supervised with employees of the Department of Children and Family Services or the Baby Fold. She said it is clear Love and his son miss one another, but supervision is appropriate.

Love's wife, Nicole, said in court her husband and son had not been allowed to speak to one another since Love's arrest in May.

Love's next hearing in federal court is Nov. 28.

He remains jailed in the McLean County jail in lieu of posting $40,000.