KENTUCKY
News 14
By Sarah Eisenmenger
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A Roman Catholic priest who resigned as pastor of his Lyndon parish has been arrested in Florida.
Father Stephen Pohl was booked into custody in the Pinellas County Jail, located in Largo, Florida at 8:42 p.m. Friday.
Earlier Friday, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz and Chancellor Dr. Brian Reynolds confirmed Pohl had submitted his resignation Thursday, eight days after the Archdiocese of Louisville placed him on leave following admissions that the FBI cyber-crimes task force was investigating whether he possessed child pornography.
The FBI has declined comment, but Reynolds said investigators have confirmed that a search of Pohl’s personal computers and data devices revealed pornographic pictures and photographs of students at St. Margaret Mary School were taken on school grounds.
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