Fr. Francis Zimmerer, O.S.B., has established allegations of abuse made by multiple victims. The abuse is alleged by the victims to have occured between the late 1930's to 1982 in the states of Texas, Michigan, and Arkansas. Zimmerer was born "Hugo Zimmerer" on November 1, 1908, professed on October 5, 1927, ordained on May 21, 1932, and died on January 23, 1983.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Subiaco Academy (1932-1933)
Sacred Heart, Muenster, Texas (1933-1940)
St. Mary, Windthorst, Texas (1940-1941)
Army Chaplain in World War II (1941-1945)
Subiaco Academy (1945-1949)
St. Benedict, Subiaco (1948)
St. Scholastica, Shoal Creek / New Blaine (1950-1951)
St. Mary, Windthorst, Texas (1952-1953)
Subiaco Abbey (1953)
St. Teresa, Corpus Christi, Texas (1954-1959)
Counselor for Arkansas rehabilitation programs (1960-1962)
Sick Leave (1963)
St. Peter, Mount Clemens, Michigan (1963-1966)
Counselor in Little Rock prisons (1966)
Counselor for Arkansas rehabilitation program, Fort Smith (1967)
VA Hospital, Tomah, Wisconsin (chaplain) (1968-1970)
St. Stephen, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; St. Kilian, Blenker, Wisconsin (1971)
St. Joseph Hospital, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (1972-1973)
St. John the Baptist, Elgar, Wisconsin (1974-1975)
Assumption, Decatur, Texas (1976-1981)
Sts. Peter and Paul, Morrison Bluff (1981-death)