Priest with ties to Mishawaka among two added to ‘credibly accused’ list by local diocese

SOUTH BEND (IN)
South Bend Tribune

October 10, 2018

By Caleb Bauer

The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend has added two more priests to its list of clergy credibly accused of sexually abusing children, bringing the previously released list’s tally to 20.

Bruce Schutt and Michael Paquet were announced as additions to the list in a news release Tuesday, a result of additional research into their backgrounds.

Schutt began his career in Mishawaka at St. Monica, where he was assigned from his ordination in 1965 until he was transferred to St. John the Baptist in Fort Wayne in 1968.

Two credible allegations were levied against Schutt according to Tuesday’s release. He lost his clerical state in 1975, after a few-month stint in the Diocese of LaCrosse, Wis.

The other priest, Paquet, was a member of the Crosiers and spent most of his tenure outside of the diocese on assignments….