Accused priest attempts to have alleged victim killed

[Checkmite]

Innocence FAIL

The Rev. John M. Fiala was in the Dallas County, Texas, jail on Tuesday, charged with one count of criminal solicitation to commit capital murder, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety and the jail's website. He also is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. His bail totals $700,000.

Fiala, 52, of Dallas, was out on bond on other sexual assault charges involving the youth, now 18, when he allegedly attempted to negotiate the boy's murder, said Tom Rhodes, the teen's attorney.

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A grand jury in Howard County handed up an indictment last week on the two aggravated sexual assault charges, the Express-News said.

Meanwhile, "approximately a week ago, we got an anonymous phone call from someone saying, 'Look, I'm living in a building with this guy, and he's talking about killing this young man,' " Rhodes said. "Our response was, 'You need to call police.' "

Letsinger said he got a call November 11 from the neighbor. The man at first just told authorities they should "be looking at this guy," the sheriff said, but later said Fiala had offered him $5,000 to kill the teenager. The allegation surprised him, Letsinger said.

The Department of Public Safety and its Texas Ranger Division got involved, sending the undercover agent to speak with Fiala, Rhodes said. The conversation was caught on video and audiotape.

I think the teen's allegation of abuse might be true.

 

[Damien Evans]

Innocence FAIL



I think the teen's allegation of abuse might be true.

I am inclined to agree.

 

[qayak]

I think the teen's allegation of abuse might be true.

Maybe not though.

 

[Vermonter]

Maybe not? If the guy is innocent, calling for a hit on the kid who accused him seems rather...odd.

 

[InfidelSavant]

Maybe not? If the guy is innocent, calling for a hit on the kid who accused him seems rather...odd.

I could see myself wanting to kill some kid who falsely accused me of molesting him.

 

[bikerdruid]

interesting discussion.

 

[qayak]

Maybe not? If the guy is innocent, calling for a hit on the kid who accused him seems rather...odd.

Calling for a hit on anyone seems rather odd but that doesn't mean the guy is guilty of molestation.

Simple frustration with the system and not being heard can drive a person to do things they wouldn't normally do, especially when the consequences are so high for them. He could very well be innocent.

A lot of these cases are based on the assumption that victims don't lie and come down to one party saying "He molested me" and the other saying, "No, I didn't" just like the witch hunts and the daycare scandals of the 1980's-90's.

It is impossible to say what drives individuals but it isn't always guilt.

 

[Thunder]

FYI....he is not a priest.

 

[qayak]

I could see myself wanting to kill some kid who falsely accused me of molesting him.

Exactly.

 

[Thunder]

I could see myself wanting to kill some kid who falsely accused me of molesting him.

I couldn't see myself ever wanting to kill a child...let alone actually trying to make it happen.

 

[Madalch]

I couldn't see myself ever wanting to kill a child...let alone actually trying to make it happen.

An 18-year-old is not a child.

As for wanting to kill one, well, I remember high school well enough to understand the feeling.