Fr. Linus T. Giesler

Ordained: 1941
Status: Sued

Died: 08/13/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Louisville KY

A man filed suit in 6/2002 alleging that he was abused at ages 7-11 by both Fr. Giesler and Fr. Thomas Casper. The man said he told his grandmother and she sent him to live elsewhere. Giesler died in 1999. Included on the archdiocese’s list in 2019.


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