Rev. Lee D. Krautkremer- Assignment Record

Assignment Record – Rev. Lee D. Krautkremer

Summary of Case: Krautkremer was accused in 1983 of sexually abusing a 10-year-old altar boy in 1977 at a Wisconsin lake cabin. The boy and his parents said they were told by St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocesan officials that Krautkremer would never again work around children. He was subsequently transferred to a parish that had an elementary school. Bishop Carlson stated in 1983 that Krautkremer admitted to "a sexual relationship" with two boys twelve years previously. Krautkremer was a hospital chaplain from 1989 until he was removed from active ministry in April 2002. He is last known to be living in north Minneapolis.

Ordained: 1966
Incardinated: St. Paul-Minneapolis

Start	Stop	Parish/Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1966 St. Paul-Minneapolis archbishop was Leo Binz (1961-1975).		Immaculate Conception	Faribault	MN	associate priest
1966	1967	St. Peter's	North St. Paul	MN	3/3	St. Peter's had a school with 681 students.
1967	1968	St. Margaret Mary's	Golden Valley	MN	3/3	St. Margaret Mary's had a school with 637 students.
1968	1970	St. Michael's	St. Michael	MN	associate priest	St. Michael's had a school with 188-393 students.
1970	1975	St. Michael's	West St. Paul • Per Bishop Carlson in 1983, Krautkremer admitted to "a sexual relationship" twelve years previously with two boys.	MN	associate priest
1975 Binz was succeeded by John Robert Roach (1975-1995)	1978	St. Peter's	Forest Lake • Krautkremer was accused in 1983 of having sexually abused a 10 year-old boy at a WIsconsin lake cabin in 1977. The boy was a St. Peter's altar boy and parish school student. In 1983 the boy told his parents, who then met with archdiocesan officials.	MN	2/2	St. Peter's had a school with 306-330 students.
1976 Harry Joseph Flynn followed Roach as St. Paul-Minneapolis archbishop (1995-2008)	1984	Boy Scouts	St. Paul-Minneapolis	MN	Director
1978	1984	St. Joseph's	Lino Lakes	MN	1/1, 1/2	Krautkremer was removed from St. Joseph's after the parents of a boy from the priest's previous parish reported to the archdiocese that Krautkremer sexually abused their son in 1977. The parents claimed they were told that Krautkremer would never again work around children.
1984	1987	St. Michael's	St. Michael	MN	1/1	St. Michael's had a school with 184-195 students.
1987	1992	Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Bohemian)	Minneapolis	MN	1/1	Krautkremer is sometimes indexed and listed in the Directories as "Leo D." Despite news reports that Krautkramer was removed from this parish in 1988 he continues to be indexed and listed in the archdiocesan pages as there in the Directories through 1992.
1987	2002	North Memorial Hospital	Golden Valley		Krautkremer is not indexed beyond the 2002 Directory.	Krautkremer is not indexed beyond the 2002 Directory. He was removed from active ministry in April 2002.
2002 John Clayton Nienstedt replaced Flynn (2008-)	2013		Minneapolis	MN		Krautkremer was laicized in 2006. Krautkremer was known in 2007 to be living in a north Minneaoplis neighborhood.

Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1966-2002)

• Church Officials Say Church Erred on Assignments, By Patrick Howe, Associated Press, July 16, 2002
• St. Paul: Man Takes Abuse Claim to Cathedral, By Stephen Scott, Pioneer Press, July 17, 2002
• Sexual Abuse Victims Question Archbishop, By Berk Brown, Forest Lake Times, October 16, 2002
• Theodore James Krammer, Jr., Appellant, vs. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Respondent, Father Lee D. Krautkremer, Respondent, Jan. 4, 2005
• Bishop's Administrative Role Hit in Old Sexual Abuse Allegations, By Denise Ford-Mitchell, Saginaw News, January 8, 2005
• Sins of Thy Neighbor, By Trish Van Pilsum, My Fox Twin Cities [Minnesota], February 1, 2007
• Archdiocese Paid $11 Million for Misconduct by Priests, By Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, October 23, 2013
• St. Paul & Minneapolis List of Credibly Accused Priests, released Dec. 5, 2013

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This assignment record was last updated on Dec. 9, 2013