Police Won't Pursue Charges against Priest after 2nd Investigation

By Ashley Luthern
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 11, 2013

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Wauwatosa police have completed a second investigation into a local priest and decided not to pursue charges after a forensic interview was performed with a child.

The mother of the child contacted police when her daughter told her that Father Robert Marsicek kissed the child's lips and rubbed her back and buttocks, according to a police report obtained Thursday by the Journal Sentinel.

Marsicek has already been removed from his posts at two parishes and two schools after he was accused of inappropriate contact with children.

According to police, the girl's statement changed during a forensic interview, and the interviewer thought the girl had been coached or overly questioned by her mother about her interactions with the priest.

The mother told police she did not coach her daughter but may have over-questioned her initially, according to the report.

Police wrote that an interview with Marsicek would not be attempted because his attorney had indicated he would not answer questions.

Police determined there was not sufficient evidence to proceed.

Marsicek had been at St. Pius X Catholic Parish in Wauwatosa, Mother of Good Counsel Parish and School in Milwaukee and Wauwatosa Catholic School. He was suspended in March after a Wauwatosa Catholic teacher told police that Marsicek had inappropriately touched a young girl. He remains suspended.

Marsicek said any inappropriate touching was unintentional and that he was just being affectionate. The Milwaukee County district attorney's office declined to file charges.