MINNESOTA
BishopAccountability.org – Assignment Record
Summary of Case: Joseph Wajda was accused of the sexual abuse of at least three boys, ages 12-16. One of the boys is said to have gone to him for counseling regarding his sexuality, and another allegedly went to him for support after his grandmother died. Two of Wajda’s accusers said the incidents occurred in the early 1970s, and a third said Wajda abused him in 1986. Wajda denied the accusations. Wajda was taken out of parish ministry and served on the archdiocesan Tribunal from 1991-2002. He was the Tribunal’s Judicial Vicar from 1997-2002.
Ordained: 1973
Incardinated: St. Paul and Minneapolis
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