Priest at center of Visitation parish scandal resigns, can no longer minister
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A priest who admitted to viewing adult pornography and playing inappropriate video games last year has resigned and can no longer minister as a priest.Father Martin Bachman caused a scandal when he left Our Lady of the Visitation Church in Green Township in May 2025, after parishioners demanded answers about whether he viewed pornography on a parish computer and questioned how the Archdiocese of Cincinnati handled the situation.In the aftermath, Bachman took a sabbatical. Then in December 2025, the archdiocese assigned him as a parochial vicar at parishes 90 minutes north in the rural Piqua area. The WCPO 9 I-Team discovered that Bachmans name was missing from an Oct. 25 church bulletin at his new family of parishes, but had appeared a week earlier.Fr. Martin Bachman requested to step away from active priestly ministry and resign from his assignment as parochial vicar of NW - 6, Our Lady of Fatima Family of Parishes. Archbishop Casey accepted his resignation, and Fr. Bachman no longer