Documents Released In Priest Murder Trial

Toldeo, Ohio --

Secrets inside the Toledo Catholic Diocese were unveiled, as court documents were released in the murder case against Father Gerald Robinson.

According to those documents, the diocese kept "secret archives" about its priests - including Father Robinson. That's why detectives served two search warrants last September on Bishop Leonard Blair and other top officials at the diocese headquarters in downtown Toledo.

The documents released today show Father Robinson was the prime suspect in the 1980 murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl, even days after she was found strangled and stabbed in the chapel of the old Mercy Hospital.

The court documents show Father Robinson failed a lie detector test two weeks after the murder. Police claim the test showed Father Robinson was "involved" in the nun's murder.

But it took detectives more than two decades to charge the priest, who was arrested last April.

Read the article at ONN. Ohio News Now dated March 4, 2005

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