KENTUCKY
The Record – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville
Record Staff Report
Attorney William McMurry filed suit Aug. 19 against the Archdiocese of Louisville on behalf of the parents of a child whom, according to the suit, Father Stephen A. Pohl photographed while pastor of St. Margaret Mary Church.
Father Pohl was sentenced on March 29 in federal court to 33 months after he pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography.
In addition to accessing child pornography online, the priest had more than 150 photos of St. Margaret Mary School children on his computer and other devices, court records say. While not pornographic, investigators described some of the photos as inappropriate, characterizing them as “child erotica.”
The Aug. 19 suit claims the archdiocese was negligent in its hiring and supervision of the priest. McMurry also filed suit against the Archdiocese of Louisville March 29 on behalf of another set of parents of a child whom, according to the suit, the priest photographed.
Claims in a lawsuit represent only one side of a legal case. The archdiocese does not comment on pending litigation.
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