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Summary of Case: Richard Unwin was a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, ordained in 1979. He assisted at parishes in Forest Park, Hamilton, Oxford, Springfield and McCartyville, then pastored in Piqua and Tipp City. Unwin was also an educator, teaching at Badin High School in Hamilton, serving as principal of Catholic Central High in Springfield and, briefly, at Lehman High School in Sidney where he was also religion department chair.
In 2003 the archdiocese received a complaint that Unwin had sexually abused a male minor more than 15 years previously. Unwin acknowledge the abuse and was placed on leave. The Ohio Board of Education revoked his teaching license in 2005 and, in 2007, Unwin was laicized.
Ordained: 1979
Laicized: 2007
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