This list comprises the names of incardinated priests of the Diocese of Green Bay against whom there is one or more substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. Incardinated priests are those who were ordained for service within the Diocese of Green Bay or who requested a transfer into the Diocese after their ordination elsewhere.
This list does not contain priests ordained for service within a religious order. Since , the ordination date of the priest with the earliest documented allegation of sexual abuse of a minor, a total of ordained priests have served within the Diocese of Green Bay.
Additionally, there are 16 priests and 2 deacons accused of the sexual abuse of a minor who, after investigation, and review by the Independent Review Board, were either exonerated or the allegation against them unsubstantiated. All allegations received by the Diocese are taken seriously and investigated as thoroughly as possible. Additionally, this work is reviewed and confirmed by the work of an Independent Review Board. All allegations categorized substantiated are immediately reported to the District Attorney or other law enforcement of the county where the alleged abuse had taken place.
Additional penalties in church law are imposed upon that priest up to and including dismissal from the priesthood. Currently there are no known priests serving in active ministry in the Diocese of Green Bay who have had a substantiated allegation of the sexual abuse of a minor against them.
The following list of priests is based upon investigations that have been completed. The results of these investigations were confirmed through the services of the investigative firm of Defenbaugh and Associates, Inc.
