Fr. William A. Langlois
St. Patrick-St. Anthony Parish pastor 1996 until retirement in 2016. In 2014 Langlois admitted to a sexual relationship with a woman and took a six-month leave. In 2018 the Diocese received an allegation deemed credible that Langlois sexually abused a minor beginning in 1999 and continuing into the victim’s adulthood until 2006. He reportedly began grooming the girl when she was age 12 or 13 in 1994 or 1995. Langlois was removed from ministry during investigations by the Diocese and MI Attorney General. He was laicized in 2021. Included in the A.G.’s 12/15/2025 Diocese of Grand Rapids Report.
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