GREEN BAY (WI)
Appleton Post-Crescent
Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers
GREEN BAY — David Schauer is relieved to have 2005 over with.
The 28-year-old Green Bay native took the witness stand July 26 to tell the world how a former Catholic priest molested him as a fifth-grader. Schauer took the stand a second time on Sept. 16 to tell a Brown County judge how the assaults by Donald Buzanowski wreaked havoc with his life.
Schauer, who is a semester away from a nursing degree, is looking to 2006 as a year to reinvent himself — without the pressure forced on him by pains of the past. The criminal case was 15 years in the making.
"I'm looking forward to starting my career," Schauer said in a phone interview from his home in Marshfield. "My wife graduated in December and is starting a job as a fourth-grade teacher.
"We're trying to get our life squared away and on track while still certainly dealing with the things we need to."