Summary of Case: Leonard P. Cowley was ordained for
the St. Paul archdiocese in 1938. He was longtime assistant at a St.
Paul parish before being assigned in 1949 as pastor of another, in
Minneapolis. Cowley held numerous chancery positions. He was elevated to
Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul in January 1958. From 1963 until his death
in August 1973, Cowley was pastor of St. Mary's Co-Cathedral in
Minneapolis.
Cowley's name was among 17 made public February 11, 2015 of clergy with accusations against them of sexual abuse or misconduct with a minor in the archdiocese. A man is reported to have filed a claim that Cowley sexually abused him during a trip to northern Minnesota in 1968, when the man was a 15-year-old boy.
http://www.bishopaccountability.org/Cowley_Leonard_P.htm
Cowley's name was among 17 made public February 11, 2015 of clergy with accusations against them of sexual abuse or misconduct with a minor in the archdiocese. A man is reported to have filed a claim that Cowley sexually abused him during a trip to northern Minnesota in 1968, when the man was a 15-year-old boy.
http://www.bishopaccountability.org/Cowley_Leonard_P.htm