CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the references to our firm under the caption "Financial
Statements" and in Exhibit C-"Financial Highlights" in the Prospectus/Proxy
Statement of Touchstone Strategic Trust relating to the reorganization of the
Value Plus Fund into the Large Cap Core Equity Fund, both series of the
Touchstone Strategic Trust, and to the incorporation by reference of our report
dated May 11, 2006, with respect to the financial statements and financial
highlights of the Value Plus Fund and the Large Cap Core Equity Fund in this
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form N-14), filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio
June 28, 2006