WISCONSIN
The Capital Times
By Pat Schneider
July 21, 2005
Christopher Leonard defied the secrecy of the Catholic Church Wednesday, talking openly about the priest sexual abuse that church officials wanted him to speak of only behind closed doors.
Leonard, 43, said he was sexually abused by the Rev. Kenneth Klubertanz in Janesville in 1975.
Now living in Missouri, Leonard was in Madison to testify at a closed canonical trial by the Diocese of Madison adjudicating accusations of sexual abuse against Klubertanz.
Klubertanz has denied the allegations.
Leonard spoke at a news conference arranged through Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), and took the opportunity to advocate for legislation that would provide a one-year window during which victims of clergy sex abuse could bring lawsuits in claims for which the legal deadline for filing has passed.