Fr. Lawrence F. Stebler
First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Included on the Diocese’s list of accused. Died in 1997. Report to the diocese that Stebler sexually abused an 8- to 9-year-old boy over two to three years in the 1960s, when Stelber was assigned to St. Hilary in Washington, PA. He said the priest was a close family friend who would often visit his home; the abuse allegedly happened under the guise of Stebler tucking the boy into bed at night.
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