Police Escort NFL Player Out of Church Service After He Demands Confirmation of Rumor from the Pews

Conservative News DailyJune 4, 2025

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During a recent Mass at Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church in Ohio, NFL veteran Jake McQuaide was escorted out after questioning a priest about allegations of pornography use on church property. McQuaide demanded answers regarding Father Martin Bachman amidst a letter read by Archdiocese Chancellor Jason Williams discussing the controversies surrounding the priest and mentioning a planned sabbatical without substantiated claims of wrongdoing. The situation escalated when McQuaide openly asked if the priest had used the parish computer to engage in inappropriate activities, wich led to his removal from the service. McQuaide, a free agent who has played for several NFL teams, declined to comment post-incident. Local police confirmed they were not involved in any inquiry tied to the incident, although concerns were raised by othre parishioners regarding the church’s oversight of its electronics and appropriateness of content found on them.

A longtime NFL veteran was escorted out of his Ohio Catholic church Saturday after raising questions about pornography use by the parish’s priest.

Jake McQuaide, an NFL long snapper, was removed after an outburst, according to WCPO-TV.

During Saturday afternoon’s Mass at Our Lady of Visitation, Archdiocese of Cincinnati Chancellor Jason Williams read a letter from Archbishop Robert Casey about controversy at the parish.

The letter said, Father Martin Bachman would be taking a “previously planned sabbatical.”

“Furthermore, recent rumors, for which no corroborating facts have been uncovered, are also unsubstantiated,” Williams read in a video posted to X.

Allegations against a priest on Cincinnati’s West Side sparked an investigation by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. A parishioner told Local 12 that a whistleblower sent him and his wife disturbing images allegedly on a laptop located in the parish office: https://t.co/U1aHA9C6Xs pic.twitter.com/bIiTgLkrzo

— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) June 3, 2025

“Several concerns have been brought to the attention of the archdiocese. These have been investigated, and no wrongdoing — either criminally or ecclesiastically — has been substantiated … consequently, like gossip, the spreading of rumors is sinful, and we should all work to overcome this tendency of our fallen human nature,” Casey’s letter said, according to WCPO.

McQuaide then stood and voiced his concenrs.

“Please take a second. We want to put these rumors to rest. Can you answer this for me … fact or fiction,” McQuaide said.

“This is not the time for this,” he was told.

“I’m sorry, sir, this is the time and the place. I will stand up,” McQuaide said.

“Did the priest use our parish computer to look at pornography? … True or false,” McQuaide said before he was escorted out of the church.

McQuaide has played for the Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins and multiple other NFL teams, The 37-year-old is currently a free agent.

McQuaide declined comment on the incident.

Green Township police Capt. Mitch Hill said police have not been called to investigate.

Todd Zureick, a Visitation parishioner who filed a complaint with the archdiocese, said a third party he would not name sent him images taken from on a parish computer that included thumbnail links to pornography sites and sites with explicit content, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Zureick said ,the images may be legal, but they are not appropriate to be found on a church computer.

“It’s sad and embarrassing that the lack of institutional control and leadership at Visitation has led to this,” Zureick said.