John Fiala, Texas Priest, Charged With Hiring Hitman to Kill Teen Who Accused him Of Sexual Abuse

[Stuart G]

Source: Huffington Post, AP

Huffington Post.

John Fiala, Texas Priest, Charged With Hiring Hitman To Kill Teen Who Accused Him Of Sexual Abuse
First Posted: 11-23-10 09:28 PM | Updated: 11-23-10 09:42 PM
(AP) -- A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested on charges that he solicited a hit man to kill a teenager who had accused him of sexual abuse. Authorities said John Fiala first offered the job to a neighbor, who blew the whistle and helped police arrange a sting. They said Fiala got as far as negotiating a $5,000 price for the slaying before investigators moved in.

The 52-year-old clergyman was arrested Nov. 18 at his suburban Dallas home and jailed on $700,000 bond. In April, he was named in a lawsuit filed by the boy's family, who accused Fiala of molesting the youth, including twice forcing him to have sex at gunpoint.

The abuse allegedly took place in 2007 and 2008, when Fiala was a priest at the Sacred Heart of Mary Parish in the West Texas community of Rocksprings, a rural enclave known for sheep and goat herding.

The family's lawsuit also named the Archdiocese of San Antonio and Archbishop Jose Gomez, alleging that church leadership should have known Fiala was abusive.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/23/john-fiala-texas-priest-hitman-charge_n_787877.html

[Zephie]

1. WWJD, right?

:shrug:

[Stuart G]

2. - What Would Jesus Do?....???? WELL.......

Jesus would find a way to punish this person, and anyone who protected him in any way.

[pattmarty]

4. I think "jesus", if he had a 9mm, would do what a lot of people would........

.......I just fucking the catholic church. I grew up going to a catholic grade school in the 50's and was brainwashed by all their bullshit, although I luckily missed out on the "molestations".

[bowens43]

3. Christian family values .........................

religion makes you insane.

[pattmarty]

5. I thought it was masturbation. Oh, I remember the catholic church.........

..........SAID masturbation would make you insane or blind or grow hair on your palms or.........

[Xenotime]

6. Stay classy, Texas

[mbperrin]

8. Actually a Kansas-Missouri priest being prosecuted by Texas.

http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2010/09/john_fiala_wanted_in_texas_for_sex_crimes_against_kids.php

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John Fiala, a Kansas and Missouri priest, wanted in Texas for sex crimes against kids


YOU stay classy!

[valerief]

7. What do you expect from a Texan priest? Faith, hope, and charity? nt

[mbperrin]

9. Proper usage of Texan is as a noun, never an adjective.

BTW, it seems he's a Kansas-Missouri guy.

[valerief]

10. Point taken about Texan, but isn't Dallas in Texas? And isn't a West Texas community in Texas?

The 52-year-old clergyman was arrested Nov. 18 at his suburban Dallas home

The abuse allegedly took place in 2007 and 2008, when Fiala was a priest at the Sacred Heart of Mary Parish in the West Texas community of Rocksprings, a rural enclave known for sheep and goat herding.