Rev. Edward F. Beutner-Assignment

Rev. Edward F. Beutner

Ordained: 1965

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1965 Bishop of Superior was George Albert Hammes (1960-1985)	1968	Cathedral of Christ the King	Superior • Accused of having sexaully abused four teen boys in the late 1960s, while he was at Christ the King. (Pioneer Press [Minnesota] November 23, 2006)	WI	Worked under Msgr. Alponse Kress and with Revs. William Cary, and William Green, as well as Revs. Robert Barranow, and Dennis Meulemans.	The Cathedral had an elementary school with 584 students.
1965	1968	St. Anthony	Lake Nebagamon	WI		St. Anthony's was a mission of the Cathedral of Christ the King.
1965	1968	St. Anne	Blueberry	WI		St. Anne's was a mission of the Cathedral of Christ the King.
1967 1973 1979	1968 1978 1983	Diocesan Priest Senate	Superior	WI	member
1968	1970	Superior State College	Superior	WI	Chaplain of Newman Club
1970 John Joseph Carberry was St. Louis archbishop (1968-1979)	1971	St. Louis University	St. Louis	MO		The Official Catholic Directory indexes Beutner as "Absent on Leave". A 2006 legal complaint notes him to have been at SLU.
1969	1974	Diocesan Office of Vocations	Superior	WI
1971	1975	River Falls State University	River Falls	WI	Campus Minister
1973	1974	St. Bridget's	River Falls	WI		Info. per news report.(River Falls Journal [Wisconsin] November 29, 2006 )
1973	1974	St. Ann's	Somerset	WI		Info. per news report.(River Falls Journal [Wisconsin] November 29, 2006 )
1974	1978	Assumption	Superior	WI	1/2, 1/1 The second priest, Rev. Eugene Teofilo, worked under Beutner 1974-1975.	Although the Official Catholic Directories show that Beutner began at Assumption in 1974, he is still listed as Chaplain at Wisconsin State University in River Falls 1974-1975.
1975	1978	Dean of Deanery	Superior	WI
1976	1978	Diocesan Personnel Placement Board	Superior	WI
1976	1978	Commission on Social Concern	Superior	WI	member	The Commission was part of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference
1978	1980	On Special Assignment	?	?		Whereabouts not noted in Directories.
1979	1982	Diocesan Office of Religious Education	Cameron	WI		Still indexed in Directories as on Special Assignment, and with an Office of Religious Education Cameron, WI P.O. Box 1980-1982.
1982 Bishop of the Oakland diocese was John Stephen Cummins (1977-2003)	1986	Christian Brothers	Concord	CA		Listed in the Directories' diocesan pages at the Christian Brothers Residence.The Christian Brothers run a Concord high school, De La Salle.
1986 Bishops of Santa Rosa were Mark Joseph Hurley (1969-April 1986), replaced by John Thomas Steinbock (Jan. 1987-Oct. 1991)	1987	Christian Brothers	Napa	CA		The Christian Brothers Retreat and Conference Center is located in Napa, as is Justin-Siena High School.
1987 Raphael Michael Fliss was Bishop of Superior (1985-2007)	1988	SS. Peter and Paul	Moquah	WI	1/1
1987	1988	St. Peter	Dauby	WI	1/1	St. Peter's was a mission of SS. Peter and Paul.
1987	1988	St. Florian	Ino	WI	1/1	St. Florian was a mission of SS. Peter and Paul.
1988 San Jose Bishop was Roland Pierre DuMaine (1981-1999)	1991	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara	CA	Campus ministry
1991	1992	?	?	?		Indexed in Directories as "awaiting assignment".
1992	1993	St. Anne	Somerset	WI	In residence. Pastor was David R. Lusson, and Deacon was A. Maurice Baillargeon.
1993	1995	Christian Brothers	Concord	CA
1995	1999	Absent on Leave	?	?
1999	2001	St. John Vianney	Lake Tomahawk	WI	2/2 Listed second, after Rev. James Hoffman.
1999	2001	Our Lady Queen of the Universe	Woodruff	WI	2/2 Listed second, after Rev. James Hoffman.
2001	2002	St. Thomas More Newman Center	River Falls	WI	1/1	The Newman Center was on the campus of the University of River Falls.
2002	2005	On Leave	• Removed from priesthood in 2002 due to accusations of sexual abuse. (River Falls Journal [Wisconsin] November 29, 2006) • A woman stated she told Bishop Fliss in 2002 that she had been sexually abused by Beutner more than 10 years before.			As of 2006, Beutner is featured as a Fellow of the Westar Institute, on their website. The Institute noted him in 2006 to be a "retired priest". That phrase is not included in Beutner's profile on the site as of April 2008. Beutner died January 26, 2008.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1966-2005).

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