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Local Priest Allegedly Abused Boy

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published July 18, 2013 at 6:58 AM EDT

A Columbus priest is accused of sexually abusing a child. Columbus Catholic Diocese officials have placed Father Ronald Atwood on leave from his ministry while they investigate the alleged assaults of a boy that took place in the 1970s. Atwood is currently the pastor at St. Francis of Assisi Church and has been a priest in Columbus for 44 years.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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