CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A priest is on administrative leave amid a criminal investigation, according to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.

A church employee “uncovered the possibility that concerning websites were accessed, including pornography sites,” on a laptop that Father Edward “Ed” Burns Jr. had used, according to a letter Tuesday from the archdiocese to parishioners.

The archdiocese shared the letter with FOX19 NOW when we reached out to them for comment.

Burns has been the pastor since 2018 of St. Carlo Acutis Parish , which includes two churches with schools in Hamilton County and a church in Butler County:

St. Gabriel Church and school in Glendale

St. Michael the Archangel Church and school in Sharonville

St. John the Evangelist Church in

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