Rev. David J. Malsch-Assignment

Rev. David J. Malsch

Ordained: 1967

Start	Stop	Assignment	Town/Accusations	State	Position	Notes
1967 Bishop of Superior was George Albert Hammes (1960-1985)	1974	Our Lady of the Holy Rosary	Medford	WI	Malsch worked under Very Rev. Joseph Miller, and, for a short time, with Rev. Andrew Berthold.	Parish had a school with 299-471 students.
1968	1971	Taylor County Teachers College	Medford	WI	Chaplain
1972	1984	Diocesan Boy Scouts		WI	Chaplain
1972	1974	Wisconsin State University Branch Campus, Stevens Point	Medford	WI	Chaplain
1974	1975	St. Joseph's	Rhinelander	WI	2/2 Malsch worked under Rev. Richard Burzynski.	Parish had a school with 453 students.
1975	Jan.1984	St. Patrick's	Superior • In 1979 Malsch plied two 12 and 13 yr. old brothers with alcohol, showed them pornography, and tried to pull the pants off of the 13 yr. old. In 1982 or 1983, Malsch sexually assaulted the younger brother. (Wausau Daily Herald [Wausau, WI] December 23, 2000)	WI	1/1
1976	?	Cathedral Junior High School	Superior	WI	Religion instructor.	This info. is per news reports (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Wisconsin] April 2, 2002)
Jan. 1984	Aug. 1984	Absent on Leave	• "Indecently touched" a 14 year old boy in the rectory of St. Patrick's in Jan. 1984.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Wisconsin] April 2, 2002) • Sent to a "church-sponsored inpatient treatment center" in Minnesota (Wausau Daily Herald [Wausau, WI] December 23, 2000)	MN		Indexed in the Official Catholic Directory as absent on leave, yet still listed in diocesan pages as Boy Scout Chaplain.
1984 Raphael Michael Fliss replaced Hammes as Superior Bishop (1985-2007)	1986	St. Joseph's	Rhinelander	WI	2/2 Malsch worked under Rev. Allan Bradley.	Parish had a school with 291 students.
1986	1992	St. Mary's	Tomahawk • Allowed to counsel children with emotional and learning problems. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Wisconsin] April 2, 2002). Accused of sexually abusing a 14 year old boy in 1991. Said to have been removed from ministry in May 1991 and sent to a counseling program on the East Coast. (Chicago Tribune November 6, 1992). Sentenced in 1993 to a year in jail.(Chicago Tribune October 6, 1993)	WI	2/2, 2/3 Malsch is listed second after Rev. Robert O'Connell 1987-1989, then second under Rev. Gerald P. Harris 1990-1992. A third priest, Rev. Michael Tupa, is listed after Malsch 1991-1992.	Although he is listed in the diocesan pages of the Directory for 1991-1992, Malsch is indexed as absent on leave for that time period.
1992	1993	Absent on Leave	?	?		Malsch's name no longer appears in the Directories after 1994.
1993	1994	jail		IN		Per news reports, Malsch "served time in an Indiana jail, with work release, and was allowed to participate in outpatient sex offender treatment." (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Wisconsin] April 2, 2002)
Nov. 1994	April 1995	jail		WI		In custodyin Wisconsin (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Wisconsin] April 2, 2002)
April 1995	May 1997	?		WI		Released to community supervision (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Wisconsin] April 2, 2002)
1997	1999?	Oshkosh Correctional Institution	Oshkosh
1999	Dec. 2000?	?	Oshkosh	WI		"Held in a secure mental health facility" (Wausau Daily Herald [Wausau, WI] December 23, 2000)
2001	2003	Wounded Brothers Recon Facility	Robertsville • Committed to this facility for "troubled priests" as a sexually violent person. (Associated Press, carried in Duluth News Tribune December 09, 2005). Arrested in 2003 when found to have child pornography in his room. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Wisconsin] November 8, 2003). Sentenced in 2005 to nine years in federal prison. Removed from the priesthood in June 2005. (Associated Press, carried in Duluth News Tribune December 09, 2005)	MO

Source: Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy & Sons, 1968-1994).

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