Three of 17 Ohio Catholic clergymen who have admitted to or been accused of sexual abuse of a minor served at Athens churches over a span of about 20 years.

Joseph A. Martinkosky, Robert F. Marrer and Walter Plimmer each served as priests in Athens between 1955 and 1972. They are among the 16 priests and one seminarian listed in a news release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville. Those 17 “have been credibly accused or admitted to sexual abuse of a minor and removed from active ministry,” the release reads.

Martinkosky is the most recent of the three to have served in Athens. He served at Christ the King University Parish, 75 Stewart St., in 1972, according to the church’s website . Martinkosky was suspended from ministry in 1991, according to the news release.