"In spring of 1979, a priest living in the East Bay got a call from the Rev. James Corley, the administrator at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Windsor. Corley essentially an interim pastor needed someone to fill in while he traveled to Mexico on diocesan business, and then to Rome for an ordination ceremony. The priest Corley recruited, Stephen Kiesle, accepted the offer and soon notified the Oakland diocese in a letter."
"But Kiesle wasn't supposed to be there. Just a year earlier, he was arrested for sexually abusing six boys at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Union City. He pleaded no contest to two of those crimes. At the time of his temporary assignment in Windsor, he was serving a three-year probation sentence and, according to church restrictions, was prohibited from performing ministry in any parish."
"But Kiesle acknowledged in a 2005 court deposition that he worked at the Windsor church off and on for a year sometimes for weekends, sometimes for weeks at a time. It's unclear whether either his probation officer or the Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa authorized him to serve there. Kiesle's presence in Windsor has never been publicly reported. No one has accused him of abuse at Our Lady of Guadalupe."
In spring 1979 Stephen Kiesle, a priest arrested for sexually abusing six boys who pleaded no contest to two crimes, accepted a temporary assignment at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Windsor. At that time he was serving a three-year probation and was prohibited by church restrictions from performing parish ministry. Kiesle later acknowledged in a 2005 court deposition that he worked at the Windsor church off and on for about a year. It is unclear whether probation or diocesan authorities authorized his service. His presence in Windsor was never publicly reported; no accusations at that parish have been made. Advocates say identifying his assignments could prompt survivors to come forward.
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