Fr. Frank M. Lenz
Retired in 2007. Placed on administrative leave 4/2/2018 after the Diocese received an allegation it deemed credible against him of sexual misconduct with a girl in the 1970s. Lenz denied the allegations. On the Diocese’s list 12/13/2018. In 10/2020 the Diocese announced that the Vatican was unable to establish Lenz’s guilt or innocence. Lenz was returned to ministry under restrictions. Included in the MI Attorney General’s 10/2022 report, which notes that Lenz’s accuser said the abuse occurred when she was in grades 3-5, during visits to a horse farm. She said her friends were similarly abused. No criminal prosecution due to the statute of limitations.
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