A TWISTED former Catholic priest has been jailed for almost three years after looking at child pornography.
SICK: Priest Stephen Pohl was jailed for looking at child pornography
Twisted Stephen Pohl was snatched after cops seized his computer during an investigation.
Cops began looking into Pohl after a 10-year-old student told his parents he felt "weird" about some photos the priest had taken.
The 57-year-old, who was head pastor at St Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Louisville, told the child "to place his hands on his knees and move his legs apart" for the photos, according to cops.
The boy’s parents confronted the priest after they saw him out shopping, asking him to show them the pictures on his mobile phone.
CREEP: Pohl had several pictures of young boys on his mobile phone
After Pohl handed the phone over, the parents found several pictures of other young boys.
But the priest was not charged with any crime related to taking the photos because the children were clothed.
Cops searched his living quarters at the church in August last year and found around 200 photos of children from the school, though none was considered pornographic, according to a letter to parents from the archdiocese.
PERV: One of the pictures was focused on a student's genitals
One of the snaps of the 10-year-old student was focused on his genital area but he was clothed, according to officers.
During the sentencing Pohl read from a brief written statement that he was sorry for all the "sadness, pain and anger" he caused to friends, family and the church's members.
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