UPDATE:: Priest sentenced to 12 years in prison for three counts of sexual batteryFather Henry Christopher Foxhoven, 45, of Glouster, was charged with eight counts of sexual battery in Athens County Municipal Court Tuesday for alleged sexual conduct with a 17-year-old minor, who was a member of his parish in Glouster.
Henry Christopher Foxhoven was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in the State Penal System for three counts of sexual battery and will be registered as a sex offender for life.
Foxhoven, 45, of Glouster, was a priest at the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Glouster, a part of the Diocese of Steubenville. He pleaded guilty to three charges for engaging in sexual conduct with a minor, a parishioner of the church, in the church rectory where he lived.
Each count was four years in prison, totaling a sentence of 12 years. That was a part of an agreement that other charges, such as child pornography or criminal tools, would not be brought against him. If another victim, however, comes forward, he could be charged again.
Foxhoven is being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail on a $1 million, cash-only bond with no 10 percent allowed.
According
to a press release from the Athens County Sheriff’s Office, the minor
attended Holy Cross in Glouster, one of Foxhoven’s two parishes (the
other is St. Mary of the Hills parish in nearby Buchtel).
“The
Diocese in Steubenville reported the allegations to the Athens County
Sheriff’s Office when they became aware of them on Oct. 27, 2018, and
have continued to cooperate with the investigation,” the release reads.
“Foxhoven was immediately suspended from practicing all religious
services and was barred from church property by Bishop (Jeffrey)
Monforton of the Diocese in Steubenville.”
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