This man was a known abuser long ago. The local bishop didn't allow him to be in ministry since the eighties. Now that he has been convicted and is serving a 50 year prison sentence, Rome takes notice and defrocks him. Once a person is caught, they want to distance theirselves from him.
Catholic Free Press
Sept. 9, 2011
Seventy-year-old Thomas H. Teczar, who is serving a 50-year sentence in Texas for sexual abuse of a child, has been declared no longer in the clerical state by Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop McManus has announced.
“This is the most severe canonical penalty the Holy Father can impose on a priest,” according to a press release from the diocese.
As a result of the pope’s decision, Mr. Teczar may no longer function in any capacity as a priest, the press release states. Ordained in 1967, Thomas Teczar has not had faculties from the Diocese of Worcester to minister publicly since 1984.
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