WAUWATOSA (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 23, 2017
By Bruce Vielmetti
[See the entry for Marsicek in BishopAccountability.org’s database of accused U.S. clergy.]
A Milwaukee priest pleaded guilty to three counts of misdemeanor sexual contact with a girl while at a Catholic school in Wauwatosa between 2007 and 2011.
Robert Marsicek, 76, who was removed from ministry in 2013, was charged in February with three felony counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child, but as a result of negotiations with prosecutors entered his pleas to fourth-degree sexual assault, a misdemeanor that involves sexual touching.
Sentencing was set for Dec. 15. He remains free on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond and conditions that he have no contact with the victim or anyone under the age of 18.
According to the original complaint, Marsicek touched the girl while at Pius X Parish and school in Wauwatosa between 2007 and 2011. Among the incidents, she said Marsicek at one point laid on her and touched her breasts and at another reached under her jumper to “pat” her vagina.
Marsicek told detectives that the girl was clingy and liked to sit on his lap, and that he told her it was not acceptable. He said he did not remember the other details of her allegations. The complaint references similar incidents involving boys in California.
Asked if he was aroused by boys and young girls, Marsicek allegedly told detectives, “Certainly, I’m aroused (by) just the cuteness and beauty of them,” but not to the level that he would want to have sex with them.
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