West St. Paul, Minn. — Gilbert
Gustafson was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and
Minneapolis in 1977, served as an associate priest at St. Mary of the
Lake Parish in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, until 1982, pleaded guilty to
the sexual abuse of a minor in 1983, and served four and a half months
in jail and 10 years' probation. Gustafson has admitted to abusing four boys between 1978 and 1982. He was not criminally charged in the other cases.