Fr. Norman J. Dukart
Transferred to Crosby ND in 1999; Dukart told the parish then of his history of sexual abuse. He had sexually abused three boys decades prior. The parish council met with Bishop Zipfel, who would not remove him and seemed to be saying that Dukart had been in therapy and had been cured. Many parishioners left the parish, returning only after Dukart was removed in 3/2002. Included on the Diocese’s list 1/2/2020. Allegations were substantiated. Included in the ND Attorney General’s investigation which concluded in 1/2021. There were no criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. Abuse allegedly occurred in the 1970s, involving two children. Dukart was living in 2021 in Dickinson, near a preschool.
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