OHIO
WCPO
[with video]
CINCINNATI – A 32-year-old man took the stand Wednesday in federal court to confront the Fairfield priest who drove him across state lines for illicit sexual activity when he was 10-years-old.
“My name is David Harper. I am a survivor of Robert Poandl. I successfully fought to have him brought to justice,” Harper said in a statement after Poandl was sentenced to 90 months in prison.
Both Harper and Poandl were in the courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Michael R. Barrett.
Before the sentencing hearing Poandl requested a lighter sentence because he said he is dying of cancer. Barrett delivered a harsher sentence than federal guidelines called for.
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