Former St. Paul Priest Accused of Inappropriate Relationships with Women

Norwalk Reflector
November 17, 2014

http://www.norwalkreflector.com/article/5432576


A Roman Catholic priest has been placed on administrative leave following allegations of inappropriate relationships with adult women, the Diocese of Toledo announced Sunday.

The Rev. David A. Reinhart, pastor of St. John the Evangelist parish in Delphos and St. John the Baptist parish in Landeck, will not be permitted to exercise public ministry, administer any of the sacraments, wear clerical attire, or present himself publicly as a priest pending the outcome of the investigation.

Bishop Daniel Thomas accepted Reinhart's resignation from the two parishes.

An announcement regarding the administrative leave and Reinhart's resignation was made at both parishes this weekend.

After receiving a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture at The Ohio State University in 1992, Reinhart enrolled in the St. Meinrad School of Theology, from which he received master of art degree in Catholic thought and life in 1995 and a master of divinity in 1998.

His first assignments were in Huron County. From 1998 to 2002, he served as associate pastor and chaplain of high school at St. Paul in Norwalk and sacramental chaplain at St. Mary Catholic Church in Wakeman.

After that, he served as sacramental chaplain at Lyons, Our Lady of Lourdes, and Fayette, Our Lady of Mercy, from 2002 to 2004, and then as president at Cardinal Stritch High School and later Kateri Catholic School System from 2004 to 2010.

From 2010 to 2013, Reinhart was a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force, serving at the Ellsworth base in South Dakota and experiencing deployment to Southwest Asia and RAF Croughton, England.

He began his assignment as pastor at the two Northwest Ohio parishes in 2013.

According to a biography on the church's website, Reinhart enjoys running and riding his motorcycle. He has motorcycled in 22 states and five countries.