OHIO/WEST VIRGINIA
Cincinnati Inquirer
Written by
Dan Horn
A Catholic priest in Fairfield was accused in federal court Thursday of transporting a boy across state lines so he could abuse him.
The Rev. Robert Poandl, a Glenmary Home Missioner, faces up to 10 years in prison if he is convicted.
Federal prosecutors say the abuse occurred in 1991 when Poandl traveled with the 10-year-old boy from Ohio to West Virginia. His accuser, now 30 and living in Cincinnati, told police in 2009 that Poandl molested him at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church rectory in Spencer, W.Va.
Poandl, 71, was charged with sexual abuse in West Virginia, but a judge dismissed those state charges in 2010.
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