St. Norbert Abbey identifies 22 priests accused of sexual abuse of children

GREEN BAY (WI)
WBAY

July 19, 2019

De Pere – The abbot of St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere says an independent review identified 22 Norbertines who had credible accusations of sexually abusing minors.

Rev. Dane Radecki says their superiors have been notified about the findings by Praesidium Inc., which reviewed personnel files from 1966 through 2018.

Nineteen of the priests were from St. Norbert Abbey. The other three were from other Norbertine organizations but were assigned to De Pere at some time.

The report says 17 of the priests are dead, three are restricted from ministry, and two left the abbey and the ministry.

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