MINNESOTA
Independent
August 17, 2013
Steve Browne , Marshall Independent
GREEN VALLEY – For Bob Schwiderski, the nightmare began again in his 40s when he saw his son dressed in his altar boy attire.
Schwiderski said the memories of being abused by a parish priest in Hector came flooding back. What followed was a long period of self-destructive behavior, promiscuity and binge drinking.
“My wife divorced me, and I don’t blame her a bit,” Schwiderski said. “I didn’t know the negative dynamic, I didn’t have a boundary.”
Schwiderski’s parents discovered their sons’ abuse in 1962 when his older brother told them about being touched by the late Father William J. Marks. They reported this to the trustees of the church.
Marks was subsequently transferred to St. Clotilde in Green Valley and to St. Dionysius in Tyler.
“Three weeks later the bishops dropped Marks on the unsuspecting people of this church,” Schwiderski said. “What the folks around here need to know is the bishop knew Marks was a child molester and dropped him here.”
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