The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH - An involuntary manslaughter charge was refiled Tuesday against the priest accused of providing alcohol to a drunken Pittsburgh football player who fell to his death through a church ceiling.

The Rev. Henry Krawczyk was recharged, one day after the Allegheny County coroner's office ruled Billy Gaines' death an accident and dismissed the charge.

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. said the case was too important to be dismissed.

"Whether or not we get a conviction, the most important thing is whether or not a jury hears this matter, because juries determine guilt or innocence," Zappala said.

Krawczyk, who has resigned as pastor of St. Maximilian Kolbe parish in Homestead, was arraigned Tuesday and released on his own recognizance.

Gaines, a 19-year-old wide receiver and kick returner, died after he fell about 25 feet onto a church pew. He and a teammate, placekicker David Abdul, had been exploring a crawl space.

Abdul and two other men testified at a coroner's inquest Monday that Krawczyk furnished alcohol to six underage men at a cookout in the hours leading up to Gaines' fall around 2:30 a.m. Tests showed Gaines' blood-alcohol content was 0.16 percent when he was taken to the hospital, well above the state's legal intoxication limit of 0.1 percent.

SOUTHERN CAL: Cornerback Kevin Arbet, who missed all last season because of a stress fracture in his right foot, will be sidelined for the rest of this year because the injury hasn't healed. Arbet, a fifth-year senior, will have surgery and will petition the NCAA after the season for another year of eligibility.

IDAHO: Fullback Keith Greer was upgraded from critical to serious condition Tuesday, more than a week after surgery on his broken leg. He was injured against Washington State on Aug. 30 and a metal rod was inserted in his leg the following day.

UCLA: Backup quarterback John Sciarra was suspended for this weekend's game against Illinois. The school learned on Monday that he was arrested on Aug. 8 in Newport Beach, Calif., on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and public intoxication and providing a false name to a police officer.

Sciarra is a third-year sophomore who has thrown 12 passes in his college career. His father, John Sciarra Sr., played quarterback at UCLA and led the Bruins to victory over Ohio State in the 1976 Rose Bowl.