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	Former Green Bay Bishop David Zubik Denies Ex-student's Allegation That He Kissed Him in 1980s in Pittsburgh By Kevin Begos Green Bay Press-Gazette October 6, 2011 http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20111006/GPG0101/110060633/Zubik-didn-t-kiss-former-Pennsylvania-student Former Green Bay Bishop David Zubik took the unusual step of calling a news conference Wednesday to announce that he has been accused of forcibly kissing a student decades ago, and to deny the charges. Zubik, currently the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, said the former student made the accusation in August after the man's request to volunteer in the diocese was rejected. Soon after the rejection, the man alleged that the incident happened when he was a student at Quigley Catholic High School in the 1980s. "The accusation is false, offensive and outrageous," Zubik said, adding that no such behavior occurred when he was at the school from 1980 to 1987. Zubik served as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay from December 2003 to September 2007, when he was installed as the 12th bishop of the diocese of Pittsburgh. The diocese did not return calls for comment Wednesday night. Late Wednesday afternoon, Beaver County District Attorney Anthony Berosh said the accusations had no basis. "There was no factual basis for the allegation. No basis in law or in fact," Berosh said. Berosh said his office reviewed documents in the case and made numerous attempts to meet with the man who claimed Zubik forcibly kissed him. The man declined offers to meet, and then visited the District Attorney's Office unannounced last week and made a new claim that a nun had touched him on an airplane, in full view of the passengers, Berosh said. Berosh also noted that the Beaver County man never filed an official complaint against Zubik, and that officials first heard about the case from the diocese. Zubik said he turned the information over to the Beaver County district attorney on Sept. 1 and informed Vatican officials on Sept. 12. Zubik said he decided to speak out after the man made a public blog post with the accusation last weekend. Zubik didn't identify the man, but The Associated Press found his blog. A man says on the blog that he left the Catholic Church when he was 18 and returned when he was 42.
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