Diocese: Diocese of Duluth
Notes:
Arrested 5/15, held on suspicion of sexual misconduct with minor. Released after posting bond. Associate pastor, Blessed Sacrament in Hibbing. Charged 8/27/15 with criminal sexual conduct with a fourth minor. All four were girls, ages 10-14, two of them sisters. Incidents said to have occurred during 2014-15. Lederer also charged with possession of child porn. A boy under age 10 told police Lederer showed him videos of nude people in a computer class; police found 5 images of suspected child porn on the priest’s computer. Jury trial 6/16; acquitted of abuse of the girls. Child porn charge dropped 10/16 for “insufficient evidence” that he viewed the child porn intentionally.
Sources:
Hibbing Daily Tribune 05.06.15; Pioneer Press 05.06.15; Northlands News Center 08.27.15; Duluth News Tribune 11.20.15; Duluth News Tribune 12.01.15; KDAL 12.03.15; Diocese of Duluth Statement 12.07.15; Duluth News Tribune 12.07.15; Star Tribune 12.07.15; Wall Street Journal 12.07.15; Wall Street Journal 12.11.15; Inforum 01.12.16; Mesabi Daily News 06.14.16; Northlands News Center 06.14.16; Duluth News Tribune 06.15.16; Mesabi Daily News 06.16.16; Hibbing Daily Tribune 06.17.16; Mesabi Daily News 06.17.16; Grand Forks Herald 06.20.16; Northlands News Center 06.20.16; Star Tribune 06.20.16; Grand Forks Herald 06.22.16; Herald Review 06.22.16; Duluth News Tribune 10.05.16; Hibbing Daily Tribune 10.07.16; SNAP 10.07.16; http://bishop-accountability.org/