Glousterâs Holy Cross Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville were dismissed as defendants in a $1 million civil lawsuit filed by a Glouster woman following the reported sexual abuse that she experienced as a minor by a since-dismissed priest.
Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey Monforton is now the sole defendant of the suit, which alleges that he ânegligently failed to investigate and protect⦠to interveneâ in regard to reports of acts of sexual exploitation by his employee, ex-priest Henry Christopher Foxhoven.
The dismissal of Holy Cross and the Steubenville Diocese follows a motion to dismiss the case in its entirety filed in March by the attorneys representing the religious institutions and Monforton.
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A child in Athens County died early Saturday morning at OhioHealth OâBleness Hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound.
Nelsonville Police Department officers were dispatched at around 1 a.m. in response to reports of a juvenile being shot, according to a news release from the department.
Police arrived at a residence on Walnut Street in Nelsonville and began preforming CPR on the child until Athens County EMS and Nelsonviile Fire Department arrived and took over treatment, the news released stated.
The child was transported to OâBleness, where the child was pronounced dead. The childâs body was transported to the Montgomery County Coronerâs Office for an autopsy.
Updated: 11:34 AM EST March 6, 2021
NELSONVILLE, Ohio Nelsonville Police in Athens County say a child has died after a shooting.
Just before 1 a.m. Saturday, Nelsonville Police officers went to a home on Walnut Street on a reported shooting.
Officers arrived at the scene and began performing CPR on the victim until Athens County EMS and the Nelsonville Fire Department arrived and took over treatment.
The child was taken to O Bleness Hospital and was pronounced dead.
Nelsonville Police and the Athens County Prosecutor s Office have executed multiple search warrants in connection with the incident.
The child s name and age have not been released.
The Athens County Sheriff s Office is currently seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Shayne Barnhart, 37, of Athens, who reportedly failed to report to Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail (SEORJ) following medical furlough.
A nationwide warrant for arrest was filed in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 3 for Barnhart for failure to report to SEORJ. He was previously indicted for failure to comply with order or signal from a police officer, a third-degree felony; and endangering children, a fourth-degree felony.
The Athens County Prosecutorâs Office submitted a request for medical furlough for Barnhart in the Athens County Court of Common Pleas, effective Dec. 16 last year, per court documents. The medical furlough request was granted by Judge George P. McCarthy. Because of privacy laws, Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn couldn t say why Barnhart required medical attention.