ARLINGTON (TX)
The Dallas Morning News
05:27 PM CST on Tuesday, December 20, 2005
By JEFF MOSIER / The Dallas Morning News
Terry Hornbuckle, an Arlington pastor facing nine felony charges including sexual assault, was released from jail Monday on $1.5 million bail.
Mr. Hornbuckle, founder of Agape Christian Fellowship Church, has been in the Tarrant County jail since August without bail after failing to provide a urine test.
Mr. Hornbuckle is facing six counts of sexual assault and charges of possession of a controlled substance, tampering with a witness and retaliation. He and his church are also facing five lawsuits, three of them a result of the sexual assault cases.
Also, Mr. Hornbuckle’s case was transferred last week from state District Judge James Wilson’s court to state District Judge Scott Wisch, according to court documents. Judge Wilson recused himself from the case, but no reasons were given in that document.