Conversion, Priestly Ordination, Marriage

The Vatican has laicised Alex Crow, 30, a convert who was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile in 2021.

Crow was celebrated as a speaker, wore a cassock and was involved in demonology and exorcisms.

But in early 2023, he fled to Italy with a girl on her 18th birthday. Last autumn, the police announced that allegations of seduction of minors could not be confirmed.

Upon their return to the United States, the couple entered into a civil marriage. It remains to be seen whether Crow will show more perseverance in this new venture.

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John A Cassani

4Jan 10

There is no way that such a young priest, especially a convert, should be involved in exorcism and demonology. In the old days, when a seminarian was ordained an exorcist, his faculty to exorcise was immediately suspended, so that he never actually exercised the order. This wasn’t always the case, as exorcists used to perform minor exorcisms, but I think that the lesson was learned that dealing …More

Patricia McKeever

6Jan 10

Thank goodness he's gone. Catholics should be much slower to praise these attention-seeking. self-publicist types. The priesthood is not a career, not a job, it's about saving souls, primarily through dispensing the Sacraments not blabbing on YouTube or any other media outlet.
With a prayer for his spiritual safety, the salvation of his soul, I say a heartfelt "goodbye" to this scandalous laicised …More

Thank goodness he's gone. Catholics should be much slower to praise these attention-seeking. self-publicist types. The priesthood is not a career, not a job, it's about saving souls, primarily through dispensing the Sacraments not blabbing on YouTube or any other media outlet.

With a prayer for his spiritual safety, the salvation of his soul, I say a heartfelt "goodbye" to this scandalous laicised priest.