Assignment Record:
| Years | Assignment |
|---|---|
| Approx. 1993 | Ordained in the Archdiocese of San Antonio |
| 1935 | St. Alphonsus Church, San Antonio, TX (as “L.C. Bujnowski”); |
| 1936 – 1943 | St. Mary’s Church, Lockhart, TX (as “L.J. Bujnowski”) |
| 1944 | Blessed Sacrament Church, Poth, TX |
| 1945 | St. Patrick’s Church, Lulling, TX |
| 1946 | Begins serving in the Diocese of Austin |
| 1946 – 1950 | St. John the Evangelist Church, Lulling, TX |
| 1951 – 1962 | St. Mary’s Church, Brownwood, TX |
| 1963 | Begins serving in the Diocese of San Angelo |
| 1963 – 1969 | Sacred Heart Church, Coleman, TX |
| 1963 – 1974 | “Diocesan Consultors” (as “Very Rev. Leo Bujnowski”) |
| 1964 – 1967 | “Commission of Liturgy, Sacred Music, and Art” (as “Very Rev. Leo Bujnowski”) |
| 1966 | “Administrator” (as “Very Rev. Leopold J. Bujnowski”) |
| 1966 – 1970 | “Priests’ Mutual Aid Society” (as “Very Rev. Leopold J. Bujnowski”) |
| 1970 – 1971 | “Absent on Leave” (listed as living in Spring Branch, Texas) |
| 1972 – 1976 | “Retired or Absent on Leave” |
Source:
- The Official Catholic Directory, Kenedy & Sons
(The years listed above are the publication years of the Official Catholic Directory. According to the Directory, the assignments provided for a given year are effective as of January 1 of that year. This means that a priest listed in the Directory for a given year at a parish or school was likely at the same assignment for at least part of the previous year as well.)
- NOTE: The Diocese of San Angelo was formed in 1961.
Summary:
- Father Bujnowski died in 1976.
- Father Leo Bujnowski was accused of sexually abusing a male minor child on at least five occasions from approximately 1966 to 1967 when the boy was approximately 9 to 10 years old. At the time of the sexual abuse, Father Bujnowski was assigned to Sacred Heart Church in Coleman, Texas. The sexual abuse took place inside Sacred Heart Church and inside the boy’s family home in Coleman, Texas. The sexual abuse included Father Bujnowski fondling and stroking the boy’s penis, skin-on-skin.
- The claim settled in 2020 in the low five figures.
