Priest’s mysterious disappearance, Trump tweet on billboard, new Cowboys kicker: Your Monday morning news roundup

September 03,  2018 By Tommy Cummings and Nataly Keomoungkhoun Happy Labor Day! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. ☔🌡 Weather: [Expect plenty of rain and cooler temperatures in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.]( 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. The disgraced priest Edmundo Paredes in the charred remains of the sanctuary at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Oak Cliff in 2007. Paredes disappeared from Dallas six months ago. (Dallas Morning News file photo) SEXuAL ABUSE SCANDAL Disgraced priest leaves church, Dallas with questions that may go unanswered When disgraced priest Edmundo Paredes disappeared from Dallas six months ago, [h]([e left behind a mystery much deeper than where he is today.]( Paredes leaves questions about who he truly was, what he did to the people he was supposed to serve and what harm he caused not only to his alleged victims but to a Catholic diocese in Dallas already stained by a sexual abuse scandal stretching back more than two decades. The fear now is that the questions will never be fully and publicly answered. Police are not investigating the sexual abuse allegations that surfaced earlier this year against the longtime pastor of St. Cecilia Catholic Church in north Oak Cliff. [Paredes’ accusers are not talking — not to police and not to the press, anyway.]( Editorial: As child sex-abuse scandal escalates, [the Catholic Church is now at war with itself.]( Commentary: [Reforming the Catholic Church requires understanding how organizations can change](, writes Art Markman, UT-Austin professor. 2018 Elections Texas activist, Parkland student raise thousands for billboard of Trump tweet calling Ted Cruz 'all talk, no action pol' When President Donald J. Trump comes to Texas to stump for Ted Cruz, he may just be greeted by a very visible reminder of rebukes he threw the senator's way during the presidential race. But anti-Cruz activists haven't forgotten the verbal fisticuffs the two men threw in 2016 — and are determined voters here don't either. That's why Houston-based community organizer Antonio Arellano is [raising money for a mobile billboard]( to feature one of Trump's own anti-Cruz tweets. He wanted to bring in $6,000 for the billboard but on Sunday, just one day after creating a GoFundMe account, Arellano had already raised nearly $10,000. A mock up of the billboard features a Trump tweet from Feb. 28, 2016, when he wrote, "Why would the people of Texas support Ted Cruz when he has accomplished absolutely nothing for them. He is another all talk, no action pol!" David Hogg, a former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student turned anti-gun activist, and political operative Claude Taylor are supporting Arellano's efforts. Previously: Trump announced that he'll come to Texas in October [to hold a "major rally" for Cruz]( in the biggest stadium in Texas. ICYMI: Beto O’Rourke [faces new questions]( about his 1998 DWI arrest and punk rock phase. SPORTS Who is new Cowboys kicker Brett Maher (Dan Bailey's surprise replacement)? The [Cowboys elected Saturday to go with NFL unknown Brett Maher over Dan Bailey](, one of the most consistent kickers in league history Maher, 28, is due to make $480,000, versus Bailey's cap hit of $4.2 million. Maher has had a strong preseason, including hitting a 57-yarder Thursday night at Houston in the exhibition finale. Yet he has no regular-season stats to back up what he's shown this preseason The Nebraska product signed with Dallas in April. He'd joined the Cleveland Browns last spring but was released that May and spent the year with the Ottawa Redblacks of the CFL He's also played with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL and had previous stints in Ottawa. [Maher has a history with the Cowboys, who he spent training camp with in 2013 before being released.]( | [Cowboys shape 53-man roster]( How's this for an opener? The [Texas Rangers on Monday will become the fourth major-league team to use the "opener'' format]( in which a reliever opens a game ahead of a starter. More Cowboys: Cutting Dan Bailey is the latest blow in Cowboys firestorm that [could send Jason Garrett packing](. EDITORS' PICKS - Red Bird: A [security guard at an apartment complex fatally shot a man]( after the two got into an argument Saturday night, Dallas police say. - Editorial: As Saudi Arabia considers killing a women's rights activist, [the United States should offer her asylum.]( - South Dallas: [A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder after police say he fatally shot a woman](, then lay on top of her and told officers he was the one who had been shot. - Northwest Dallas: [Robbers who pistol-whipped a resident before fleeing]( early Sunday are still at large, police say. - South Dallas: A [driver and his passenger died in a crash early Sunday]( when their black Honda ran into a concrete bridge pillar. - Arlington: [Tarrant County medical examiner's office identifies driver](who was shot to death by officer as he fled traffic stop. - East Oak Cliff: [Police are looking for suspects in a shooting that left a 42-year-old woman injured]( early Sunday. A 12-year-old foster girl stands on her own as her LVN Yolanda Melendez lets go at Tammy Bolin's rural group foster home in Mountain Home. (Tom Fox/Staff photographer) Finally ... Inside 'Careville,' where one foster mom and an army of nurses care for foster kids Staff photographer Tom Fox spent the last 18 months photographing parents, foster mothers and teams of nurses for a Dallas Morning News investigative series called "[Pain & Profit](," a deep examination of how Texas treats its most vulnerable residents. He writes that the experience has given him a deeper appreciation for how difficult it is for parents — especially foster parents — to care for medically fragile children. [Fox gathered some of the photos that he believes best captured what life is like for those foster parents.]( Read more: [Part 6 of Pain & Profit: 'Recipe for disaster']( 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! 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