Complaint: Madison priest-in-residence assaulted Fort Atkinson altar boy more than 100 times

WISCONSIN
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May 17, 2018

FORT ATKINSON, Wis. – A retired priest in residence at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Madison is facing felony counts after he allegedly sexually assaulted a boy in Fort Atkinson for years, according to documents filed in court Thursday.

William A. Nolan, 64, of Madison, was charged in Jefferson County court Thursday with six felony counts of second-sexual assault of a child under 16 years old.

Nolan appeared in court via teleconference. The judge ordered a $50,000 signature bond. As conditions of bond, Nolan was ordered not to leave Wisconsin, can’t have contact with any children under 18, cannot be at St. Joseph Church or school in Fort Atkinson and can’t have contact with the victim.

According to the criminal complaint, more than 100 assaults took place between February 2006 and the summer of 2010, when the boy was 13 to 17 years old.

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