Ex-priest guilty of conspiring to kill boy who accused him of rape

DALLAS (TX)
Press TV (Iran)

A former Roman Catholic priest was found guilty of hiring a hit man to kill a boy who had accused him of sexual abuse.

John Fiala, 53, showed no emotion as a Dallas jury found him guilty of plotting to kill the boy, according to The Dallas Morning News. He faces a possible sentence of life in prison. Raw Story

HIGHLIGHTS

Fiala testified that he told a purported hit man to kill his accuser because he thought his own life was in danger. dallasnews.com

He said his friend and neighbor Scottie Fisher told him the hit man was his brother. The brother would likely turn on Fiala if he wasn’t convinced the hit was on, Fiala said Fisher told him. dallasnews.com

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