'HEARTTHROB PRIEST' Defrocked After Fleeing to Italy w/ Teen Girl he 'GROOMED'

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Former priest Alex Crow, 30, and an 18-year-old girl fled to Italy where they are reportedly staying in an Airbnb.

The girl's parents pleaded with her to return, but the girl insists she is fine. Alabama police say they are probing allegations that Crow may have groomed the teen, while she was still in high school. A love letter from Crow to the teen on Valentine’s Day of this year was found. Sheriff Burch said more female students may be involved.

Now the pair have returned to the US and have married according to a marriage license. Crow is no longer a member of the clergy. His privileges of the priesthood have been revoked.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Greg Ahlgren – International Attorney-at-Law at the US-MX Law Group, Ltd. & DRT Alliance/Diaz Reus International Law Firm
Dr. John Delatorre – Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology); Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; X, IG, and TikTok – @drjohndelatorre
Sheriff Paul Burch - Mobile Alabama Sheriff; Facebook: Team Sheriff, IG: teamsheriff
Irv Brandt – Senior Inspector, US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch; Chief Inspector, DOJ Office of International Affairs, US Embassy Kingston, Jamaica; Author: “SOLO SHOT: CURSE OF THE BLUE STONE” – AVAILABLE ON AMAZON IN JANUARY; ALSO “FLYING SOLO: Top of the World;” Twitter: @JackSoloAuthor
Rev. Dr. Bob Larson– Founder of Spiritual Freedom Churches International, Author: Book of Religions, Cults and New Age Spirituality;” Twitter: BLarsonexorcist, Facebook: BobLarsonTheRealExorcist
Anna Sonoda – Child Grooming Expert, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Author: “Duck Duck Groom: Understanding How a Child Becomes a Target”
Kyle Hamrick - Reporter for Lagniappe News in Mobile, Alabama; Twitter @LagniappeMobile, Facebook @LagniappeMobile

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:12.0	A 30 yearyear-old Catholic priest counsels a teen girl and he ends up fleeing to
0:24.1	marry her against her
0:26.1	her
0:27.4	in the last hours even though cops haven't been able to stop him.
0:31.9	The Pope weighs in. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime
0:36.3	Stories. Thanks for being with us here at Crime Stories and on Series XM 111.
0:41.3	As you will recall, Alex 6th, 7 111.
0:43.0	As you will recall, Alex Crow, the 30-year-old priest, fled the country last summer for Italy
0:50.6	with a teen girl.
0:52.9	When the pair's romance was revealed,
0:55.8	cops travel all the way from Mobile, Alabama
0:59.5	to Italy to try to bring the girl home.
1:03.0	Did at work, but in the last hours,
1:07.0	Pope Francis at the Vatican has stripped the 30-year-old
1:12.0	priest of his priestly duties.
1:15.0	Can the Pope convince him he's wrong?
1:19.0	As you will recall, the priest met his teen now wife when she was in high school at McGill
1:27.4	Toulen High in Mobile, Alabama where he frequently visited to give guests lectures to the students.
1:34.8	Now, how did that turn into Valentine's love letters?
1:39.2	And how did that turn into basically a kidnap of a teen girl taking her across the ocean to Italy?
1:49.2	Well this is how it all went down.
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