![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/defrocked-priest-flees-to-italy-with-18-year-old-teen-hes-accused-of-grooming/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1_Screen-Shot-2023-08-12-at-105742-PMjpeg.jpg&description=An Alabama priest is being hunted by police after he fled the country with an 18-year-old woman who was once his student - after investigations turned up shocking letters between the two Police are hunting a 30-year-old priest they allege groomed an 18-year-old woman before fleeing to Italy with her. An initial investigation reportedly turned up a love letter from father Alex Crowe to his then underage student at McGill-Toolen high school, who has not been identified, officials claim. She has since graduated from the school in Mobile, Alabama. Crow was once hailed as a 'heartthrob' online previously, performed as the frontman to a local rock band, and made local news when he was the subject of a 'minor exorcism before abandoning his post at the Corpus Christi Catholic Church on the outskirts of the town. Now he's allegedly on the lam with the teenager he groomed. The woman is now 18 and reportedly contacted her family, telling them that they are in Italy, she is happy, and asked them to let her live in peace. After they were located in Italy, the young woman told a family member that "she went with him on her own free will." The family and investigators, however, are afraid the young woman is in danger. According to them, Crow has a fascination with exorcisms and may be trying to perform one on the teen, and he is generally considered an alleged 'predator' by the local police department. "Clearly there was some sort of a relationship other than a priest and a student," said Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch. Former McGill-Toolen students told [a local newspaper] Crow would talk to classes about 'demons and exorcisms' according to one report. Crow himself is a graduate of McGill-Toolen and later attended a seminary named St. Joseph before receiving his Master of Divinity degree in Indiana. He was defrocked after leaving his post. Crow also attended Sant' Anselmo in Rome, Italy, where he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology and studied demons and exorcisms in detail.){kind=link}
An Alabama priest is being hunted by police after he fled the country with an 18-year-old woman who was once his student – after investigations turned up shocking letters between the two
Police are hunting a 30-year-old priest they allege groomed an 18-year-old woman before fleeing to Italy with her.
An initial investigation reportedly turned up a love letter from father Alex Crowe to his then underage student at McGill-Toolen high school, who has not been identified, officials claim.
She has since graduated from the school in Mobile, Alabama.
Crow was once hailed as a ‘heartthrob’ online previously, performed as the frontman to a local rock band, and made local news when he was the subject of a ‘minor exorcism before abandoning his post at the Corpus Christi Catholic Church on the outskirts of the town. Now he’s allegedly on the lam with the teenager he groomed.