Fr. Stephen A. Pohl
Pastor St. Mary Margaret. Rectory and parish office searched 8/12/15 by FBI and Louisville police after parents of 10-year-old boy reported Pohl took inappropriate photos of their son and other boys. Placed on leave. Arrested 8/21/15 in FL on federal charges of accessing child porn. Detective said Pohl viewed online images of nude boys, infants to mid-teens. In KY court 9/2/15, given house arrest at his mother’s. Indicted 11/3/15 by grand jury. Pled not guilty; trial scheduled for 1/12/16. Pled guilty 1/4/16 to access of child porn with intent to view. Sentenced 3/29/16 to 33 months in federal prison, to register as a sex offender, and lifetime probation. Also fined $7,500. Suit filed 3/16 vs archdiocese by parents of a boy victimized by Pohl at age 7 in 2014. Another filed 8/16 claiming photos taken by Pohl of a kindergarten boy in 2014 and again in 2015. Laicized 2/26/17.
- BA.org Assignment Record
- Inquisitr 08.16.15
- The Courier Journal 08.22.15
- WLKY 08.24.15
- Lex 18 08.24.15
- The Courier Journal 08.26.15
- The Courier Journal 09.02.15
- WLKY 09.02.15
- WDRB 09.02.15
- WAVE 11.03.15
- WLKY 11.03.15
- WHAS 11.24.15
- WHAS 12.22.15
- WHAS 01.04.16
- WDRB 01.04.16
- The Courier-Journal 01.04.16
- WLKY 01.04.16
- WDRB 01.15.16
- WAVE 01.19.16
- Courier-Journal 03.29.16
- Courier-Journal 03.29.16
- WDRB 03.29.16
- WDRB 03.29.16
- WLKY 03.29.16
- WHAS 03.29.16
- WDRB 03.30.16
- WHAS 03.30.16
- Church Militant 03.30.16
- WDRB 08.23.16
- Courier-Journal 08.23.16
- The Record 08.24.16
- The Record 03.16.17
- Archdiocese of Louisville List 02.11.19
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