Four binders of text messages between a former priest and a 14-year-old boy were brought to lawmakers as they consider criminalizing child grooming
[Photo: Ohioans for Child Protection co-founder Rebecca Surendorff shows the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee four binders of text messages former priest Tony Cutcher sent to a 14-year-old boy on Dec. 4, 2024. Credit: Ray Pfeffer]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Child advocates and abuse survivors asked Ohio lawmakers on Wednesday to pass a new law to criminalize the sexual grooming of children, referencing some of WCPO’s reporting on two former Archdiocese of Cincinnati priests.
Former Dayton priest Tony Cutcher and former Cincinnati priest Geoff Drew were both mentioned during public testimony at the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
“The messages begin innocently enough and then they take a dark turn,” said Ohioans for Child Protection co-founder Rebecca Surendorff, who showed lawmakers four binders containing hundreds of text messages that…
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