“He told us the house was going up on the market and they wanted to get it sold quickly,” King said.
Last spring, Simone admitted to being under investigation for financial irregularities at the church he lead for 23 years. It was also discovered at that time that, unbeknownst to the Archdiocese, Simone owned $2.9 million worth of property — most of it listed under Flynn Realty in Huber Heights.
Simone resigned from the church in April during the investigation, but had already been on sick leave.
King said a Vandalia-based real estate company, Summers Realty, offered to sell the house to her at a “cheap” price but did not specify what that price would be. She declined, saying “there was way too much stuff that needs fixed.”
King’s address and six others owned by Simone are on the MLS real estate property sales list.
Keith Summers of Summers Realty is handling the sales.
King who has a month-to-month lease agreement said she was concerned about how long she would be allowed to remain in her home after it sold.
“I don’t know if that’s ‘Hey you got 30 days. You got the day it’s sold. I have no clue, which is a little upsetting considering the fact that it’s three weeks before Christmas,” she said Thursday.
Summers said King will receive at least 30 days notice before she’s required to vacate the property. The leases for long-term renters will be honored, Summers said.
“(Tenants) have rights and the law requires that we stick up for those rights,” Summers said.
Attempts to contact Simone were unsuccessful. His property management company, McGregor Management, would not comment for this story.
King said her questions as well as her phone calls to McGregor management have also gone unanswered.
“I don’t go to that church; I had no clue who he was,” King said. “And then I hear all this stuff on the news and I’m like, ‘OK, is that going to affect us?’”
Huber Heights police and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati would not comment on the investigation at St. Peter.
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