Ex-Catholic school teacher arrested for molesting boys

Houston, Texas --

A former Catholic school teacher has been charged with sexual assaulting two boys over six years, authorities said Friday.

Stuart Alan Murphy, 57, was arrested after confessing to authorities he molested the boys, who were between 10 and 13 years old when the abuse began, said Lt. Ruben Diaz with the Harris County Sheriff's Department. One of the boys is still a minor, while the other is now an adult.

Murphy worked as a teacher at a Catholic school in Houston and volunteered as a choir director at Annunciation Catholic Church. Authorities did not release the name of the school.

Diaz said he did not know if Murphy had contact with the two boys through the school or the church.

"Because of his affiliation to both places, he had easy access to other boys of this age group," Diaz said. "We suspect there are other victims out there. We want to get them to come forward."

Read the article at Star-Telegram.com dated April 1, 2005

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