Rev. Frederick J. Bistricky

Summary of Case: Bistricky was accused in 2002 of having sexually abused a boy over several years at a Milwaukee parish in the 1970s, when the boy was between 13 and 16 years old. The archdiocese deemed the accusation substantiated, and Bistricky was placed on restricted ministry. Bistricky died sometime between 2004 and 2007.

Ordained: 1965

Retired: 1995

   

Start Stop Parish Town/Accusations State Position Notes
1965 1965 Holy Trinity Racine WI   This assignment is per the Milwaukee archdiocese.

1965

Milwaukee archbishop was William Edward Cousins (1958-1977)

1967 St. Patrick's Beaver Dam WI 2/2 Parish had a school with 352-330 students.
1967 1976 St. Augustine's (German)

Milwaukee

• Bistricky was accused in 2002 of having sexually abused a boy at this parish during this time, beginning when the boy was 13, and ending when he was 16 years old. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 3, 2003)

WI 2/3, 2/4, 2/2 Parish had a school with 377-256 students.

1976

Cousins was succeeded by Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B. (1977-2002)

1981 Immaculate Conception (Lithuanian) Sheboygan WI 2/2 Parish had a school with 181-204 students.
1981 1983 St. John the Baptist's Plymouth WI 2/2, 1/2 Parish had a school with 204-275 students.
1983 1984 Absent on Sick Leave        
1984 1990 St. Andrew's Le Roy WI 1/1  
1990 1991 Absent on Sick Leave        
1991 1991 Ss. Peter/Paul Nenno WI   This assignment is per the Milwaukee archdiocese.
1991 1993 Awaiting Assignment        
1993 1995 Special Assignment/Archival Assistant Milwaukee WI   This was a Chancery position.

 

Timothy Michael Dolan replaced Weakland (2002-2009)

2002 Immaculate Conception Milwaukee WI   A Bistricky accuser learned in 2002 that Bistricky was helping out at this parish, even though he had been told that Bistricky was retired and would have no contact with children. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 23, 2002)
1995 2003 Retired Milwaukee WI  

Bistricky is not indexed beyond the 2003 Directory.

The accusation against Bistricky was deemed by the archdiocese to be substantiated. By 2004 Bistricky was fully restricted from ministry. He died sometime before November 2007. (Archdiocese of Milwaukee website)

 

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1966-2003)

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This assignment record was last updated on March 20, 2012