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	Texas Appeals Court Tosses Priest's Sex Conviction Associated Press October 23, 2008 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jQphM33AusDGN_MP9yhVsA5hfOvgD93VTDFO0 EASTLAND, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has thrown out the conviction of a former priest accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in the early 1990s. The ruling last week says a trial judge erred by allowing an advocate for victims of priest abuse to testify as an expert in the trial of the Rev. Thomas Teczar (TEK'-zahr). Teczar was convicted last year of sexual assault and indecency and ordered to serve 25 years in prison. An Eastland County prosecutor says he plans to retry the 67-year-old former priest. He served in the Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese. An attorney for Teczar says he plans to discuss options with his client.
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