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Columbus Dispatch
By Theodore Decker
The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday July 17, 2013
The Catholic Diocese of Columbus placed a 69-year-old priest on administrative leave yesterday, pending an investigation into a sexual-abuse allegation dating to the 1970s.
According to the diocese, the Rev. Ronald J. Atwood is accused of sexually abusing a minor during his tenure at Bishop Ready High School and St. Stephen the Martyr and St. Peter parishes in Columbus between 1976 and 1979.
The accusation was made on Monday and was reported to Franklin County Children Services. Atwood has not been charged with a crime.
The Diocesan Board of Review for the Protection of Children will determine if the allegation is credible and warrants further investigation by the diocese.
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