Br. Joseph Stadtfeld
Made temporary vows 7/9/1944; final vows 7/9/1947. Accused of sexually abusing two sisters between 1958 and 1966. Died 8/23/2001. (Last name spelled as in personnel file; it is misspelled in his L.A. archdiocesan obituary.) The 2/17/2004 Archdiocesan Report notes one civil suit filed. Both sisters settled as part of a $660M settlement in 7/2007. Accused in a lawsuit settled in 2025 of sexually abusing a girl many times 1972-1981, when the girl was ages 5-14. The abuse allegedly occurred in and around the Mater Dolorasa Retreat Center in Sierra Madre CA.
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