SANDPOINT - The veil surrounding a lewd conduct case against a North Idaho woman accused of molesting children in Bonner County began lifting on Monday.

Details in the case against Heidi Julia Johnson have been shrouded because a grand jury indicted her and the transcript of the proceedings was filed under seal. There was also no preliminary hearing in the case because of the grand jury's indictment.

But things changed on Monday, when Johnson's five-day trial began in 1st District Court.

"They would give me sleeping pills and I would wake up and be sore," an 11-year-old boy told jurors in the opening of the state's case.

The boy said Johnson used a mobile phone to take photos while the abuse was being inflicted by others. He admitted being embarrassed about disclosing what had been done to him.

"But the truth has to come out," the boy said.

Johnson is charged with six counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with minors between 2004 and 2012. She pleaded not guilty to the charges, which involve minors as young as 1 and as old as 14 when the alleged abuse occurred.

Johnson's husband, Ernest, is facing an identical set of charges and is awaiting trial. Heidi Johnson's mother and father, Diane and Frank Hankey, face a similar set of charges and also await trial.

Most of the proceedings on Monday involved seating a jury of seven men and seven women to decide Heidi Johnson's guilt or innocence. Two of the jurors will be selected as alternates before the panel commences with deliberations.

The 11-year-old was the only witness called on Monday.

During cross examination, Bonner County Chief Deputy Public Defender Dan Taylor focused on inconsistencies in the accounts the boy gave to investigators and the grand jury.

The boy, for instance, told jurors on Monday that he reported the abuse to a teacher at Sagle Elementary School, but she dismissed his claims. Taylor noted that the boy did not tell the grand jury about reporting the alleged abuse to a teacher.

The boy was also unable to recall speaking with Bonner County Sheriff's Det. Phil Stella, the lead investigator in the case.

During his opening remarks to the jury Bonner County Prosecutor Louis Marshall said the discrepancies would be explained during the trial.

"I ask you to keep an open mind during this process," Marshall said.

Taylor and Chief Public Defender Janet Whitney reserved their right to make opening remarks to the jury later in the trial.