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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The attorney for a former Coughlin principal charged with lying under oath about knowledge of a teacher&#8217;s sexual relationship with a student is seeking to push back the man&#8217;s scheduled trial date.</p><p>Frank J. Michaels, 67, of Filbert Street, Forty Fort, was charged in August with one count each of perjury, false swearing and child endangerment. Police say <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/379308/retired-coughlin-principal-charged-in-connection-with-testimony-in-stahl-child-corruption-case" target="_blank">he lied while testifying</a> on behalf of disgraced former Coughlin dean and wrestling coach <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/4846/suspended-coughlin-dean-stephen-stahl-sentenced-to-6-to-23-months-in-luzerne-county-prison" target="_blank">Stephen Stahl.</a></p><p>Michaels&#8217; attorney, Joseph F. Sklarosky Sr., requested the scheduled trial date be pushed back to &#8220;sometime in July,&#8221; according to a motion filed Thursday in Luzerne County Court. Michaels was slated to stand trial Monday.</p><p>Prosecutors consented to the continuance, Sklarosky wrote.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Continuance sought in trial of former Coughlin principal charged with perjury