TIPP CITY
Dayton Daily News
By James Cummings
jcummings@DaytonDailyNews.com
TIPP CITY | One of two Catholic priests relieved of his duties Saturday because of a sexual misconduct allegation is a former educator and Springfield Catholic Central High School principal, a church statement said Sunday.
Church officials also acknowledged they had known about inappropriate sexual touching by another priest, an 88-year-old nursing home chaplain who admitted to the allegations in the 1950s, but that he had been in treatment and forbidden from attending childrens’ programs or visiting private homes.
Dan Andriacco, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, said allegations against the Rev. Richard Unwin came forward in a letter to the church last week, and the archdiocese chancellor interviewed the man who said the situation involving Unwin happened more than 15 years ago.
Unwin, 50, was the pastor of St. John the Baptist, is a former educator who was principal of Catholic Central High School in 1987 and chaired the religion department of Lehman High School in Sidney in 1991.
