PROSECUTORS: Alabama's pastor wife knew about his gay affairs before being murdered by him...

Before she was killed in July 2013, Karen Shahan sent an email saying she knew of her husband's sexual preferences and his attempts to carry on surreptitious romantic relationships with two men outside of Alabama, according to prosecutors.

Richard Shahan, formerly a pastor in Homewood, was charged last January in connection with his wife's murder. He is set to appear in court for a pretrial hearing Thursday morning before Jefferson County Circuit Judge Laura Petro.

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