Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said authorities believe a defrocked Catholic priest “groomed another couple of young girls” in addition to the 18-year-old woman who accompanied him to Europe.

Burch, speaking on Fox Nation’s “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,” said Alex Crow had a previous association with a female who was “best friends” with the woman who left with him.

He also said there could be felony warrants against Crow “this week.”

“There was a young girl that he was previously acting inappropriately with, and he was ordered to stay away from her, and she’s … we’re trying to get her to come on board but she’s not exactly cooperating at the moment,” Burch said.

“(She and the 18-year-old) went to the same school, same grade.”

Crow, 30, was stripped of his duties by the Archdiocese last month after he reportedly “abandoned his assignment” and engaged in behavior “totally unbecoming of a priest.”

Crow and the female, a recent McGill-Toolen High School graduate, were located in Italy by a member of the young woman’s family, who said the young woman had traveled with Crow of her own accord.

Letters written by the former priest indicate he believes he and the 18-year-old female who accompanied him to Europe were told by Jesus to leave Mobile.

The nature of the relationship between Crow and the female has not been confirmed, nor has the purpose of their trip, although speculation has centered around the possibility of Crow performing an exorcism.

Burch said it is not proven that Crow intended to perform an exorcism on the young woman.

Speaking to Grace, Burch said the acts with the other female occurred when she was a minor.

If confirmed, he said, Crow could be charged under Alabama laws that prohibit sexual contact between school employees and students.

“Different people are starting to come forward, telling us some things that they didn’t necessarily think a lot of time at the time, but that now….pieces of the puzzle are being put together,” he said.

According to the sheriff, during a school trip approximately two months ago, the other student was seen coming from Crow’s hotel room at about 1:30 a.m.

“You can’t prove what happened behind that closed door, but certainly, a young girl who would have been 17 at the time, coming out of a male adult’s hotel room is certainly something to inquire about,” Burch said.

Burch said investigators are still waiting on texts and information from the female’s phone.

The young woman’s family, who went to Italy and unsuccessfully attempted to bring her back, were able to retrieve an iPad with the help of Italian law enforcement. Burch said FBI forensic investigators are now looking at the device for any kind of messages.

The sheriff also said he spoke with the 18-year-old by phone “several times,” attempting to convince her to come home. Crow was present for the conversation, he said.

“I actually spoke to her, several times, week before last, and pleaded with her to come home,” he said.

“I said, if he loves you so much, come back and do it right. She wouldn’t hear anything of it.”

According to Burch, Crow would not allow the woman’s parents to speak to her alone when they went to Italy to meet with her. Burch intended to send investigators to Italy to question the young woman, he said.

“The next day, I was told if our guys were to land in Italy to interview anybody, they’d be arrested by the Italian officials. So we had to back off of that,” he said.

He went on to say that the FBI has helped facilitate further questioning.

Much of Crow’s theological background involved the study of demonology and exorcism, with Crow saying in a 2022 podcast a “minor exorcism” had been performed on him by a priest several years ago.

Crow wrote a thesis on demonology and exorcism while in seminary.

The letters, released Monday by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, make it clear Crow has no intention to return to Mobile.

Burch told Grace that his hope is to get the young woman to return home.

“I don’t care if he wants to live as a fugitive the rest of his life,” he said.