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	Abuse Victim Groups Decry Teczar Decision By Bronislaus B. Kush Telegram & Gazette October 29, 2008 http://www.telegram.com/article/20081029/FRONTPAGENEWS/810290284 WORCESTER— A coalition of groups that offer support for victims of sexual abuse by priests today called on Bishop Robert J. McManus to use the chancery’s resources to warn the public about the possible release from jail of the Rev. Thomas H. Teczar, a Roman Catholic priest formerly from Worcester who was found guilty last year of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy from Ranger, Texas, in 1990. Earlier this month, a Texas appeals court found that the judge who had handled Rev. Teczar’s court proceedings had committed errors, and the panel ordered a new trial. Eastland (Texas) Criminal District Attorney Russ Thomason has said that he will retry the case, but there’s concern among the support groups that the priest will be released pending a new trial. Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, which documents cases of abuse on its Web site, said Rev. Teczar is “wily” and “resourceful” and would pose a threat to children, if he were to return to Massachusetts.
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