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	Jury Finds Former Priest Guilty of Sexually Assaulting Child Associated Press, carried in Duluth News Tribune [Green Bay WI] July 27, 2005 GREEN BAY, Wis. - A jury found a former priest guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a a 10-year-old boy in 1988. Jurors deliberated for about an hour before concluding Donald Buzanowski was guilty of two counts of assaulting David Schauer, now 27, when Schauer was a fifth-grader at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School. Schauer testified he was pulled out of class in the fall of 1988 and sent to see Buzanowski, 62, for counseling. When the session ended, Buzanowski grabbed his arm, drew him over his lap and began fondling him, Schauer said. Buzanowski is accused of touching the boy on different occasions, fondling him over his clothes and kissing him on the lips. Each encounter ended with Buzanowski escorting Schauer to the door and parting with the words: "This is just between you and me," Schauer said. Schauer said he left the room upset after each attack, but he headed back to class embarrassed and scared and never showed his teacher any signs of distress. Buzanowski was convicted in Milwaukee on a federal charge of possessing child pornography in 2000 and served 21 months in prison. He has not served as a clergyman since 1989 and was formally defrocked by the Vatican in March. He faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 16.