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Summary of Case: Kenneth Kaucheck was ordained for the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1976. He was assigned to parishes in Clawson, Dearborn, Detroit, and in Troy, where he was appointed pastor. He pastored parishes also in Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak, and Ferndale. Kaucheck served on the Archdiocesan Tribunal for many years and was a Regional Vicar. In January 2009 a woman reported to the archdiocese that Kaucheck had engaged in “sexual misconduct” with her in 1976, when she was 16 years-old and he was her counselor at Guardian Angels parish in Clawson. When a senior priest at Guardian Angels was told of the situation that year, he held a meeting with Kaucheck, the girl and her father and brother. Kaucheck was reassigned. In 2009 the Archdiocesan Review Board deemed the allegation credible, and Kaucheck was placed on leave. In May 2016 it came to light that, along with a nun, Kaucheck co-founded a facility for pregnant teens in 2015. The archdiocese stated that his position there violated the restrictions placed on him in 2009, and that he could be removed under canon law.
Ordained: 1976
Educated: Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit MI; St. John Provincial Seminary, Plymouth MI; St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore MD.; Gregorian University, Rome, Italy. Doctorates in ministry and canon law.
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