Fr. Louis Wayne Ladenburger, O.M.F.
Ordained: 1963
Assignments:
- 1964-1965: St. Mary of the Assumption, Stockton, CA; St. Benedict the Moor Center, Stockton, CA
- 1965-1967: St. Mary’s High School, Phoenix, CA
- 1967-1968: Salem Catholic High School, Salem, OR
- 1968-1971: Holy Cross Retreat House, Mesella Park, NM
- 1971-1972: Unknown
- 1972-1974: St. Mary of the Assumption, Stockton, CA; St. Benedict the Moor Center, Stockton, CA
- 1974-1975: Unknown
- 1975-1979: Mary Queen of Heaven, Sprague, WA
- 1979-1980: Unknown
- 1980-1984: St. George’s, Seattle, WA
- 1984-1985: St. Francis of Assisi, Sacramento, CA
- 1985-1988: St. John’s, Overton, NV
- 1988-1989: Christ the King, Reno, NV
- 1989-1990: Unknown
- 1990-1992: Franciscan Renewal Center, Scottsdale, AZ
- 1992-1993: St. Mary’s Basilica, Phoenix, Arizona; St. Joan of Arc, Phoenix, AZ
- 1996: Laicized
- 2006-2007: Elk Mountain Academy, Clark Fork, ID
- 2008-2018: Unknown
Fr. Louis Ladenburger received a Doctor of Divinity from UC Berkeley and worked in the Diocese of Oakland according to various public news reports. In 2007, he was arrested for sexual battery of a teenage boy at a school for troubled boys where he was a counselor. The Franciscan order revealed he had two prior allegations of “inappropriate relationships” and had been sent to treatment after both allegations arose. He was laicized in 1996 and in May 2018, another allegations of abuse arose while he worked in the Stockton diocese in the early 1970s. As of 2012, it is believed Fr. Ladenburger was residing in Bakersfield, CA.