Fr. Gale Leifeld
Principal of St. Lawrence Seminary until 1982, then academic dean at Sacred Heart School of Theology until 1993. A civil suit alleges Leifeld, Jim Buser and James Wolf molested a student at St. Lawrence. Plaintiff went on to be a counselor for men abused by clergy and claims his therapy in 1992 revealed flashbacks. Suit tried in 1995 but jury found it was too late under the statute of limitations. Leifeld admitted in a deposition to abuse of at least seven, but not of plaintiff. He died in 6/94.
- Milwaukee Journal 12.20.92
- Milwaukee Journal 12.20.92
- Milwaukee Journal 12.20.92
- Milwaukee Journal 12.20.92
- Milwaukee Sentinel 12.21.92
- Milwaukee Sentinel 12.24.92
- Milwaukee Journal 12.24.92
- Milwaukee Journal 12.27.92
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 07.29.93
- Wisconsin State Journal 02.19.94
- Detroit Free Press 02.11.95
- Detroit Free Press 02.14.95
- Detroit Free Press 03.29.95
- Boston Globe 03.17.02
- Sexual abuse of Children in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee 02.10.04
- SNAP–Wisconsin 11.14.10
- WSN 02.26.11
- Inside Milwaukee 09.19.11
- Blugold Media 05.13.18
- USA Today 12.16.18
- Capuchin Friars St. Joseph Province List 08.19.21
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