Former Rice Univ. instructor charged in child molestation case

HOUSTON, Texas (FOX 26) - A former Rice University music instructor has been charged with indecency with a child. 

Dariusz Pawlas, 50, is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

A woman told Houston police that Pawlas was teaching piano to her daughter on May 22 and that the girl complained that the man put his hands insider her pants, according to a probable cause document. The girl was younger than 14 years old when the incident was reported.

Pawlas taught students as young as in the first grade to as old as in the 12th grade. He admitted that he touched the girl during an interview with police on Sept. 2.