MICHIGAN
Huron Daily Tribune
By Brenda Battel Tribune Staff Writer
May 2, 2018
BAD AXE — A police report reveals local authorities investigated a former Huron County priest that the Saginaw Diocese recently announced was laicized following sexual abuse allegations.
Jack E. Leipert, known as “Father Jack,” was a pastor at Sacred Heart in Bad Axe, when he was investigated for allegedly molesting a 21-year-old man in 2000.
No charges were ever filed by the Huron County Prosecutor’s Office.
The Bad Axe Police Department investigated the complaint, wherein it was alleged Leipert molested the victim on Nov. 7, 2000, according to a police report.
Leipert reportedly approached the alleged victim at a gas station in Caseville about paying him to do some maintenance work.
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