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	Pedophile Ex-Priest Gilbert Gauthe Back in Jail KTBS April 24, 2008 http://www.ktbs.com/news/Pedophile-ex-priest-Gilbert-Gauthe-back-in-jail•11329/ Gilbert Gauthe, the former Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty in 1985 to sexually abusing 11 boys in South Louisiana, is in a Texas jail today • accused of violating that state's sex offender registration law. Bond for Gauthe, 63, was set at $200,000 after his arrest Wednesday at Galveston Island State Park. Police said Gauthe had been living in the Houston suburb of La Marque as an unregistered sex offender because of a loophole in Texas law. He did not register with police until last week after inquiries about the former priest were made by KTRK-TV in Houston. Under the law, Gauthe is required to reaffirm his personal data, including his residence and employment status, every 90 days for the rest of his life. Police learned that Gauthe, who had listed his job as a charter bus driver, was no longer employed. That led the Galveston County district attorney to authorize an arrest warrant. Gauthe was arrested at his motor home at the park. Gauthe was convicted of molesting boys beginning in the late 1970s. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison but released after serving 10 years. He lived briefly in Shreveport and Waskom, Texas. He moved to a small town in Polk County, Texas, and was accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old boy. He pleaded guilty in 1997 to the crime of injury to a child and was put on probation.
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