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Courier-Journal

Andrew Wolfson, @adwolfson March 29, 2016

The parents of a boy photographed by the Rev. Stephen Pohl at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church has sued the Archdiocese of Louisville, saying that for decades he engaged in the bizarre practice of taking pictures of clothed children in sexual poses and that the church should have put a stop to it.

The suit, filed Tuesday in Jefferson Circuit Court, also says Pohl’s misconduct shows the archdiocese broke the promises it made to ferret out abusive priests when it paid $25.7 million in 2003 to 243 men and women who were molested as children at Catholic schools and churches.

“Such promises are proven by the conduct of Father Stephen Pohl to be hollow assurances,” attorney William F. McMurry says in the complaint filed on behalf of Christeena and Richard Gallahue Jr. “Sadly, these past lawsuits have done nothing to change…