Fr. Bernard Vedder
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused
Died: 05/30/2024
Diocese: Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau MO
“Bernie.” Named publicly as accused by the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese on its list updated 4/1/2019, which notes alleged abuse occurring in the 1960s, reported in 1995. (The list erroneously notes that Vedder died in 1993.) Its 2021 list shows that he was laicized in 1995. He died 5/30/2024. Per his obituary, Vedder married in 1984. In retirement Vedder drove a school bus in MN then in WI, and “…made a great effort to know the names of the children on his bus… .”
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