BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama pastor who killed his wife but was found not guilty by reason of insanity is being released from a state mental hospital into a group home.

The Decatur Daily reports a judge ruled 59-year-old Terry Lee Greer is no longer a threat.

Prosecutors objected, but the judge imposed rules to keep the one-time United Methodist pastor from contacting a daughter who survived the attack or his former churches in Gardendale and Decatur.

Greer was charged in the 2013 shooting death of Lisa Greer. She was killed in the parsonage of a Methodist church where Greer was working in Gardendale. Their daughter was wounded.

Evidence showed Greer had brain injuries that contributed to his actions. The judge ruled that a change in circumstances and medicine have helped Greer.

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Information from: The Decatur Daily, http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/index.shtml