Priest says he watched adult pornography but not at parish: Letter

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A priest accused of viewing pornography on a computer in the parish office at Our Lady of the Visitation says he viewed adult pornography but says he never did at the office or on a parish-owned device, Rev. Martin Bachman wrote in a letter on the parish website to parishioners.

Parishioners say they became concerned about Bachman after rumors circulated about his behavior.

“These past couple of years have been particularly difficult ones for me, beginning with the deaths of my mother and father within 30 days of each other and not taking sufficient time to grieve. I want to take a moment to acknowledge these and other struggles, which are horribly embarrassing to me,” Rev. Bachman wrote. “I have viewed adult pornography and engaged with some video games of an inap