KENTUCKY
WAVE
[with video]
By Connie Leonard
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – It was a shocking confession when a Louisville priest and former St. Margaret Mary Pastor admitted to accessing child porn. Now, as Steven Pohl waits to be sentenced, some parents have signed a petition demanding photographs.
According to the parents attorney, the petition has more than 100 signatures. During the investigation of Pohl it was discovered that he took photos of some students fully clothed, in what was described as inappropriate stances or positions.
Parents involved with the petition want to make sure those photos are preserved so they can see them and depending on what they find, a civil suit could follow.
Even if there were no student victims at St. Margaret Mary as Federal investigators have said, there were some students who ended up in those clothed photos taken by Pohl. Those photos were not part of the child pornography case against the priest who has now pleaded guilty to accessing child porn on his computer. Some parents want to see them anyway. A parent driven petition obtained by WAVE 3 News asks the Archdiocese of Louisville, St. Margaret Mary, the U.S. Attorney’s office, the FBI and other agencies to provide those the images. A return letter from the school explained to parents that Federal authorities have the images.
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