Fr. Carl Casper Schaffer
Ordained for the Diocese of Covington. Retired in 1989. Opened a home for troubled teenage boys, Padre House, in southeastern KY. Died by suicide in 7/3/1993, a day after he was questioned about a decades-old abuse allegation. Included on the Covington diocese’s list 7/31/2020 of those with substantiated allegation(s). On the Lexington diocese’s list in 8/2020. It notes credible allegations that Schaffer abused brothers at Good Shepherd in Frankfort in the 1960s and 1970s.
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