WISCONSIN
CBS 58

An accusation of child sexual abuse dating back to 1977 came up in September against a pastor at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church in Cedarburg, and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee said they had no choice but to suspend the pastor.

“It was agony because priesthood is my life and my parish is my family. I was relieved of my job, my family, my home in the rectory at a moment’s notice. So it was pretty crushing,” said Father Tom Eichenberger.

St. Francis Borgia Associate Pastor, Father Justin Lopina, said the parish didn’t know what would happen to Father Tom or what it meant for the Parish.

In a letter from Archbishop Jerome Listecki, sent the second weekend in November, he said in part the report against Father Eichenberger had not been substantiated.

The man who said he always wanted to be a priest and nothing but…