September 17, 2005

Ex-priest gets 32 years for assault

GREEN BAY (WI)
Post-Crescent

By Andy Nelesen
Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers

GREEN BAY — The words “David, I’m sorry,” were followed by a two-heartbeat pause that gave way to more apologies from a former Roman Catholic priest sentenced Friday to 32 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy.

“I don’t know how to say I am sorry any more than that,” Donald Buzanowski said, noting that he doesn’t remember attacking David Schauer during school counseling sessions. “I know I’m sorry can be a very cheap and easy thing to say. It’s not cheap today, nor is it easy.”

But the apologies rang hollow for Schauer, now 27.

“He doesn’t remember doing anything to me,” Schauer said after Buzanowski’s sentencing hearing Friday. “You can’t be sorry for what you don’t remember. He’s in a position right now to build character … I don’t believe he is sorry.”

Posted by kshaw at September 17, 2005 06:46 AM