Fr. Francis C. Wildgruber (Wildgrubert): Diocesan Clergy Accused of Sexual Misconduct With a Minor

Fr. Francis C. Wildgruber (Wildgrubert)

Ordained: 1960
Assignments:
  • Unknown BVM Help of Christians, Woodside, NY (BRK)
  • 1961-1975: SS. Joachim and Ann, Queens Village, NY (BRK)
  • 1976-1996: Sacred Heart, Brooklyn, NY (BRK)
  • 1983-1985: Absent on Sick Leave (BRK)
  • 1992-2000: Absent on Sick Leave (BRK)
  • 2000: Died

Fr. Francis Wildgruber was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Fr. Wildgruber was named on the Diocese of Brooklyn’s 2019 “List of Diocesan Clergy for Whom the Diocese Received Allegations of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor,” in the subsection “Diocese of Brooklyn Clergy Who Were Deceased/or Resigned Prior to a Finding of Credibility.” The details of the sexual abuse allegations, including when and where the abuse occurred, are unknown. Fr. Wildgruber’s whereabouts and whether had had access to children from 1983 until his death in 2000 are unknown.