An archbishop said the Vatican will likely pursue the man’s official dismissal from the priesthood.

State records show that a suspended Alabama priest recently married the 18-year-old woman he fled to Italy with this summer, and an archbishop said Wednesday that he expects the Vatican to pursue the man’s official dismissal from the priesthood.

A marriage certificate filed Monday in Mobile County shows that Alex Crow, a 30-year-old Catholic priest in south Alabama, married the 18-year-old. Crow left the country in late July with the teen who is a recent graduate of McGill-Toolen High School. Crow was not an employee at the school but sometimes visited theology classes there, news outlets reported. The marriage certificate indicates the woman turned 18 in June.

Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi announced in July that he had suspended Crow and forbidden him from acting, dressing, or presenting himself as a priest. Rodi later said he saw no way for Crow to return to the priesthood.

  • @[email protected]
    9•7 months ago

    Edit: I am wrong. I had attributed the investigation to the Catholic Church. It was a DA.

    The district attorney in Mobile County earlier this month announced that it had closed an investigation into criminal wrongdoing in the pair’s relationship.

    So never mind.

    A very untrustworthy group investigated. They did not release any information on how they investigated. It was not a criminal investigation.

    Is it newsworthy? Unlikely as this is so common.

    • @stifle867
      -2•7 months ago

      Can you expand on that first part? I’m not familiar with the ins and out of that department and feel like you may have more information.