A former Catholic priest charged in Texas with sexually assaulting a teenage boy two years ago has been arrested for allegedly trying to arrange the boy's murder, The San Antonio Express-News reports.

John Fiala, 52, was jailed in Dallas on sexual assault charges and one count of solicitation to commit murder, the newspaper reports, quoting unidentified officials.

The newspaper says officers arrested Fiala in Garland, Texas, after he allegedly negotiated with an undercover officer to have the teen killed.

The Dallas Morning News reports that a neighbor tipped off authorities that Fiala allegedly had offered him $5,000 to kill the teenager, who is now 18.

In April, the boy filed suit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio and its then-archbishop in connection with the allegations of sexual abuse.

Fiala was indicted in September on three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. According to the charges and the lawsuit, Fiala is accused of raping the teen at gunpoint when he was administrator of Sacred Heart of Mary in Rocksprings, Texas, about 110 miles west of San Antonio.

(Posted by Doug Stanglin)