William Marks
Ordained June 6, 1936, Father William Marks was named by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on October 23, 2014 as having a substantiated claim of sexual abuse of a minor.
Father Marks worked as a pastor in both the Diocese of New Ulm and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis from 1936-1979.
According to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Father William Marks worked in the following parishes:
- 1936-1938: Associate Pastor, St. Mark, Shakopee
- 1938-1940: Associate Pastor, St. Dominic, Northfield
- 1940: Administrator, Our Lady, Mannanah and St. Columban, Greenleaf
- 1940-1941: Administrator, St. Philip, Litchfield
- 1941: Associate Pastor, Guardian Angels, Hastings
- 1941-1944: Associate Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Faribault
- 1944-1954: Pastor, St. Dionysius, Tyler
- 1954-1962: Pastor, St. John, Hector, (became part of Diocese of New Ulm in 1957)
- 1962-1979: Pastor, St. Clotilde, Green Valley, (Diocese of New Ulm)
- 1979: Dead
Father Marks died in 1979.