WISCONSIN
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
The pastor at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Parish in Cedarburg has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation of an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the 1977, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee said Friday.
Archbishop Jerome Listecki said the Rev. Tom Eichenberger has denied the allegation, that it has not been substantiated and that it’s the first such complaint the archdiocese had received about the priest.
Listecki said the archdiocese learned of the allegation earlier in its nearly 5-year-old bankruptcy, but at the time the priest was not identified. He said the archdiocese only recently learned that the accused was Eichenberger.
It’s not clear from the letter where the abuse occurred. According to his biography, Eichenberger was ordained in 1976, and his first assignment was at Holy Assumption Parish in West Allis.
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