WISCONSIN
Green Bay Press-Gazette
By Andy Nelesen
anelesen@greenbaypressgazette.com
A civil lawsuit against a former Catholic priest convicted of molesting a 10-year-old boy gained traction Friday when a Brown County judge cleared the way for questioning of high-ranking church officials.
But in granting the depositions, Brown County Circuit Court Judge Mark Warpinski set limits on the scope of the questions, limiting the probe to what church officials knew about David Schauer's allegations and what they knew about local church officials' response.
Schauer, now 28, was molested by Donald Buzanowski, a priest assigned to Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School in Green Bay while Schauer was a student there in 1988. Buzanowski was convicted by a Brown County jury in July of two counts of sexual assault of a child. He was sentenced in September to 32 years in prison.