"HEARTTHROB PRIEST" Flees to Italy w/ Teen Girl he "GROOMED"

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

An investigation is underway related to former priest Alex Crow. The 30-year-old and an 18-year-old girl fled to Italy were they are reportedly staying in an Airbnb with no intention of returning to the U.S. The girl's parents have pleaded with her to return, but the girl insists she is fine. She says she and Cross have separate rooms.

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 it is possible that more female students are involved. Church officials allegedly ordered the priest not to have contact with another female student who is a friend of the 18-year-old teen.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Greg Ahlgren - International Attorney-at-Law at the US-MX Law Group, Ltd. & DRT Alliance/Diaz Reus International Law firm, www.us-mx-law.com, diazreus.com
Dr. John Delatorre [D La Torrey], licensed psychologist and mediator, specializing in forensic psychology, psychological consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons, resolutionfcs.com, Twitter, IG, and TikTok - @drjohndelatorre
Sheriff Paul Burch- Mobile Alabama sheriff, www.mobileso.com, Facebook: Team Sheriff, IG: teamsheriff
Irv Brandt - Senior Inspector, US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch, Chief Inspector, DOJ Office of International Affairs; Author: “SOLO SHOT: CURSE OF THE BLUE STONE” available on Amazon, Also "FLYING SOLO: Top of the World" Twitter: @JackSoloAuthor
Rev. Dr. Bob Larson - Founder of Spiritual Freedom Churches International, Author: Book of Religiouns, Cults and New Age Spirtuality”, BobLarson.org, Twitter: BLarsonexorcist, Facebook: BobLarsonTheRealExorcist
Anna Sonoda - Child grooming expert, Licensed clinical social worker, - Author, “Duck Duck Groom: Understanding How a Child Becomes a Target”, AnnaSonoda.com
Kyle Hamrick - Reporter for Lagniappe News in Mobile, Alabama, www.lagniappemobile.com,Twitter @LagniappeMobile, Facebook @LagniappeMobile

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0:00.0	A So-called Heart Throb, Priest, is on the Lamb.
0:22.5	Authorities are now looking for father Alex Crowe with him, a teen girl.
0:29.8	His church. Where are they? Beyond the long arm of the laws reach, we believe
0:38.2	overseas. Can the two of them be forced home? And how did the whole thing unfold?
0:46.9	How does a priest groom a young girl, a priest I might add, who is obsessed with
0:54.7	demons and exorcisms? How can he groom a young girl and then leave the country with her?
1:02.6	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at FoxNation
1:06.7	and Series 6M111. Described as a So-called Heart Throb, what does that mean? A Heart Throb.
1:15.6	Now I've heard that phrase in the past as it has referred to movie stars and matinee
1:21.4	idols, but I've never heard it apply to a priest. I don't think of a priest as a heart
1:29.3	throb. Now I'm just a piece loving Methodist, but I look at our preachers, our lady preachers,
1:37.3	our male preachers as kind of like a spiritual father or mother or sister or brother. I
1:43.1	don't really think of them as a heart throb. Now that's a whole psychopathy in itself,
1:48.1	let's just get down to this case and let's start with our friends at WPMI.
1:52.4	Listen. Crow Short Stint with the Catholic Church has gone from
1:55.7	interesting to possibly criminal. According to the District Attorney's Office, the priest
2:01.0	and a recent female graduate of Mobile's McGill Tool in High School took a trip together
2:05.8	outside of the country. An abom shell statement, Archbishop Rody left no one guessing that
2:11.6	he has lost faith in his young servant. Father Alex Crow abandoned his assignment and
2:16.7	the Archdiocese says, Rody, his behavior is totally unbecoming of a priest.
2:21.3	I'm becoming. I may have another word for it, but I've got to find out more facts joining me
2:25.8	in all-star panel. But first I'm going to go to Kyle Hammrich and report her for the
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