TEXAS
KXXV
By Kristianna Gross
FAIRFIELD –
It’s a case that’s rocked the central Texas town of Fairfield. The trial for the pastor accused of sexually assaulting a 15 year old member of his church began Tuesday.
A strange turn of events caused the trial to be recessed until tomorrow. They were able to get through opening arguments and the victims testimony before evacuating the freestone county courthouse.
That now 16 year-old girl confronted her alleged rapist face to face. Her tears overflowed as she described what she says happened to her.
The victim says Anthony Lynn Thibodeaux sexually assaulted her after attending a church revival with her two sisters and Ladonna Brackens in Teague, last year. She told jurors she and her sisters went swimming at brackens house before going to that event.
Brackens is a former Fairfield ISD Assistant Coach.
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