Fr. John R. Wieberg

Ordained: 1918
Status: Accused

Died: 12/14/1963
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Louis MO

Worked in parishes in St. Charles County, and in several rural parishes in Advance, Charleston (later part of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese) and Arcadia. Archbishop Carlson announced on 3/16/2011 that several individuals (at least 5) had come forward in recent years to accuse Wieberg of abuse occurring almost 50 years prior. Wieberg died in 1963. One man, now 80, said he was abused in 1940 at age 9. The reports were found credible by the archdiocesesan review board. Wieberg’s name is included on the Archdiocese’s list 7/26/2019. On the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese’s 4/1/2019 list, which notes abuse 1942-1945 reported in 2004 and 2018.

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