EDINBURG (TX)
KRGV
December 5, 2017
[Note: See also http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/2004_11_21_Egerton_StexasDA_John_Feit_8.htm]
EDINBURG – After another busy day in court, jurors were dismissed early Tuesday in the John Feit murder trial.
The judge is considering a defense motion to declare a mistrial.
Two experts in Canon and Catholic Church law took the stand Tuesday. A statement from one of those experts prompted the mistrial request.
Before the request, jurors spent most of the day listening to testimony from the two church experts.
At the start of the day’s session, lead prosecutor Michael Garza said it’s a case of betrayal, murder and a cover-up.
One of the witnesses was an expert in church law and the other an expert on the sexual behavior of some Catholic priests.
Thomas Doyle is a priest who no longer conducts church ceremonies. He was given access to some of the church’s files regarding Feit.
The files included letters and memos that were exchanged between priests in the Rio Grande Valley shortly after Irene Garza was killed.
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