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Cincinnati Enquirer
Hannah Sparling and Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer
A St. Xavier High School priest has been removed from the school faculty after he was accused of soliciting a student for sex.
Father John Ferone was, until recently, St. Xavier’s Director of Adult Faith and Ignatian Programming. Officials with the school refused to comment, saying only that Ferone no longer works at St. Xavier.
But Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said the priest was accused of soliciting sex from a student via a text message.
Deters would not talk about what the message said specifically, but he said early indications are that it was inadvertently sent to the student.
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