Alabama priest 'groomed young girls' before fleeing to Italy with 18-year-old
Source: The Guardian
Alabama priest ‘groomed young girls’ before fleeing to Italy with 18-year-old
Alex Crow was previously accused of acting inappropriately with students and remains under orders by archdiocese to return home
Ramon Antonio Vargas
Fri 18 Aug 2023 19.30 BST
Last modified on Fri 18 Aug 2023 19.50 BST
A Roman Catholic priest in Alabama who fled to Europe with a recent high school graduate whom he met through his work has drawn scrutiny from law enforcement and been told to stop presenting himself in public as a cleric.
Alex Crow, an expert in the theological study of demons and exorcism, is suspected of having “groomed [multiple] young girls” before going to Italy with an 18-year-old, according to an interview that local sheriff Paul Burch recently gave to Fox Nation’s Nancy Grace. The teen’s family has been trying to convince her to return home.
Burch has publicly released two letters written by Crow, 30, to support that assertion. In one of the letters to the teen, Crow described how he loved her and claimed that they were married. The Pillar, a Catholic news outlet, reported that the letter was for Valentine’s Day, when the girl was 17 and had not yet graduated from the parochial school where Crow had sat in on classes and met with students in the context of the sacrament known as confession.
The girl’s family members have said they are “extremely fearful” for her safety, according to an attorney who spoke to the local television station WKRG. Another local news outlet, al.com, reported that the girl’s family had gone to Italy to meet with her – but Crow wouldn’t allow her to be alone with her relatives. Federal officials in the US have been in talks with Italian authorities to help police investigators in Mobile, Alabama, interview the girl.
It’s unclear whether Crow could face charges in connection with the girl. ...
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/18/alabama-priest-groomed-young-girls-before-fleeing-italy-teen
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Related: The canonical case against Fr. Alex Crow (The Pillar)
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