By Darren Barbee
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
February 17, 2009
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| Thomas Teczar rushes from the courtroom during a recess in his trial in Eastland County in 2007. |
The Rev. Thomas Teczar is free on bond while he awaits a retrial on allegations of aggravated sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy.
The priest, formerly of the Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese, posted a $30,000 bond earlier this month, according to the Eastland County Sheriff's department. As a requirement for his release, Teczar is required to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet on his ankle, said Eastland County District Attorney Russ Thomason.
In 2007, he was convicted on three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of indecency with a child. Teczar allegedly abused the boy while serving as a priest in Ranger in the late 1990s.
Last year, an appeals court overturned the conviction because of problems with establishing a witness as an expert.
Teczar, who Thomason said was staying with his brother in Arlington, did not immediately respond Tuesday to a message seeking comment.
Teczar's second trial is set for March 23 in Eastland, Thomason said.
The diocese is in the process of defrocking him.
Contact: dbarbee@star-telegram.com
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