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Former La Crosse Diocese official gets probation for sexual assault of child
A former assistant school superintendent for the Diocese of La Crosse has been sentenced to jail and probation, for sexually assaulting a child in a Wausau area case.
Steven Smolek, who has a La Crosse address, pled guilty Wednesday in Marathon County Court to charges of having sex with a child 16 or older, and exposing himself to a child.
The 60-year-old Smolek is ordered to serve nine months in jail, and he’ll be on probation for four years.
Before serving as a school administrator in the La Crosse Diocese office, Smolek worked four years as district administrator in Mauston, and spent much of his career in Mosinee.