Assignment Record– Rev. Leonard Oliver Colston Summary of Case: Leonard Colston was ordained for the Duluth MN diocese in 1980, at age 54. He served in parishes in Brainerd, Floodweed, Meadowlands and Elmer MN before transferring in 1984 to the New Ulm MN diocese where he worked in Nicollet, Hutchinson, Ortonville and Olivia parishes. Per Duluth diocesan officials, Colston resigned September 6, 1986. His whereabouts after that are unclear. He died November 4, 2004. Colston's name was included on the Duluth diocese's December 2013 list of clergy who had been credibly accused of sexual abuse of young persons while serving in the diocese.
Born: October 10, 1936 |
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Start | Stop | Assignment | Town/Accusations | State | Position | Notes |
6/06/79 Duluth bishop was Paul Francis Anderson (1969-1982). |
5/17/80 | St. Michael's | Duluth | MN | deacon/assistant 1979-1980: Rev. James Walsh, Rev. Mr. Leonard Colston |
St. Michael's had a school with 117 students. |
6/18/80 | 10/14/81 | St. Francis' | Brainerd | MN |
1980-1981: Revs. Bernard Popesh, Leonard Colston. |
St. Francis' had a school with 193 students. |
10/14/81 Anderson was succeeded by Robert Henry Brom (1983-1989). |
9/09/83 | St. Louis' | Floodwood | MN | 1/1 Administrator | |
10/14/81 | 9/09/83 | St. Mary's | Meadowlands | MN | This was a mission of St. Louis' in Floodwood. | |
10/14/81 | 9/09/83 | St. Joseph's | Elmer | MN | This was a station of St. Louis' in Floodwood | |
1983 | 1984 | Absent on Leave | ||||
1984 New Ulm bishop was Raymond Alphonse Lucker (1975-2000). |
1985 | St. Paul's | Nicollet | MN | 1/1 | |
1985 | 1985 | St. Anastasia's | Hutchinson | MN | 1/1 | |
1985 | 1986 | St. John's | Ortonville | MN | 1/1 | |
1986 | St. Aloysius | Olivia | MN | 1/1 | Colston is not listed as at St. Aloysius in the New Ulm pages of the 1987 Colston died November 4, 2004. His name was included on the Duluth diocese's December 2013 list of clergy who had been credibly accused of sexual abuse of young persons while serving in the diocese. |
Sources: Official Catholic Directory (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1980-1987) • Clergy with Credible Claims against Them Concerning Sexual Abuse of a Young Person, Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth, December 31, 2013 |