NEW YORK – A priest of Mobile, Alabama, who left the United States with a teenage woman over the summer under murky circumstances, reportedly has returned to the country, with the local district attorney saying he won’t face abuse or misconduct charges due to insufficient evidence.
Meanwhile, according to the Archdiocese of Mobile, Archbishop Thomas Rodi has revoked the priestly faculties of 30-year-old Father Alex Crow and intends to pursue his laicisation, meaning removal from the priesthood.
Crow, 30, abruptly left the country in late July with an 18-year-old recent graduate of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, prompting investigations from local authorities to determine if Crow sexually groomed the woman while she was a minor, and whether other teens were targeted.
