Priest indicted on federal sex crime charge

OHIO/WEST VIRGINIA
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A federal grand jury has indicted a Fairfield priest with transportation of a minor across state lines for illicit purposes.

A grand jury in West Virginia indicts a Cincinnati priest on child sex charges.
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The indictment says 71-year-old Robert Poandl, known as “Father Bob,” took a 10-year-old boy to West Virginia in 1991 and sexually assaulted him there.

Poandl was indicted Wednesday and taken into custody Thursday.

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