Fr. Karl LeClaire
Placed on leave in 2001. A man filed suit in 8/02 alleging that LeClaire abused him for 7 years beginning when he was age 13. LeClaire was parish priest and principal of parish grade school. LeClaire would take the boy with him on trips and cruises to Alaska and the Mediterranean. Indicted in 5/03 and pled guilty in 10/04. Sentenced in 1/05 to a year in ail and three years probation. One claim of abuse in 1993 settled for $40K in 2006. Laicized in 2017.
- Arizona Republic 08.14.02
- Arizona Republic 11.10.02
- Associated Press 06.02.03
- Associated Press 06.10.03
- Arizona Republic 06.13.03
- Arizona Republic 10.18.04
- Arizona Republic 10.28.04
- East Valley Tribune 10.28.04
- Arizona Republic 10.29.04
- East Valley Tribune 01.25.05
- East Valley Tribune 01.29.05
- Arizona Republic 01.26.06
- Arizona Republic 02.27.10
- Diocese of Phoenix List 10.29.19
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