Fr. Anthony E. Cutcher

“Tony.” Assigned to St Peter’s in Huber Heights when placed on leave in 1/2021 due to an allegation. The Archdiocese did not provide details as to the nature of the allegation or age of the alleged victim. In 4/2021 news media reported that Cutcher had sent inappropriate texts to a minor and local authorities “found no evidence of illegal activity.” In 6/2024 Cutcher agreed to a television interview with an investigative reporter. He had been living alone in Piqua OH, working in retail and as a bookkeeper. He had asked the Archdiocese in 2/2024 if he could return to active ministry; he was denied. His removal in 2021 was due to his having sent hundreds of text messages to a 14-year-old boy, who was a student at St. Peter’s. The texts included telling the boy he was incredibly handsome, asking about his love life, saying he missed him, that he had had a fun dream about him and saying a restaurant called BJ’s made him think of “something else… the second word is ‘job’….think below the belt.” He also had the boy’s teacher send him to his office every day. The day after Cutcher’s removal the school principal died by suicide. Cutcher was sent to St. Luke Institute in MD for treatment. He had been sent there also in 2018 due to possession of child pornography found in 2012 by another priest, Fr. Barry Stechschulte, at Holy Rosary in St. Mary’s. Stechschulte had had a deacon destroy the images, so police were without evidence and the case was closed. Parishioners were not informed. Stechschulte stepped down from his parish in 8/2014 due to pressure from parishioners after news about his destroying the images and not reporting Cutcher to the police until 2018. He was reassigned in 10/2024 as parochial vicar of seven rural parishes north of Dayton, OH near the IN border.