Rev. Timothy E. Svea-Assignment

Rev. Timothy E. Svea

Ordained: 1992

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1992	1996	?	?	?		Svea's name does not appear in the Official Catholic Directories for these years. This may be due to the fact that he was not a diocesan priest.
1996	1999	Immaculate Conception Priory	St. Mary Ridge/Cashton • Pleaded guilty in 2002 to sexual assault, false imprisonment, and exposing himself. Svea victimized teen boys both here and in Wasau, WI.	WI	Prior and U.S. Superior Also listed as living at the priory during 1998-1999 was Rev. Glenn Gardner.	Svea was a priest of the Institute of Christ the King, which was a Tridentine religious order based in Florence, Italy.
April 1999	Dec. 2000	St. Mary's	Wausau	WI		Per news reports, the Institute of Christ the King group was moved to St. Mary's in Wasau in April 1999.
Dec. 2000	March 2001	Leave of Absence	?	?		Svea requested and was granted a leave of absence in Dec. 2000.
March 2001	Feb. 2002	St. Luke Institute	Washington	DC	patient	Svea is not listed in the Directories for 2001-2004. His stay at St. Luke's is per news reports. (Wausau Daily Herald [Wausau WI] February 26, 2002)
Feb. 2002	Aug. 2003	Jail				Svea was to serve one and a half years in jail, per Feb. 2002 news reports.(Wausau Daily Herald [Wausau WI] February 26, 2002)
2004	2005	?	Cashton	WI		Svea is indexed in the Directory as Svea, Timothy E., Cashton WI." , and is not listed in the diocesan pages.

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1997-2005).

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