DA's office will review allegation against priest The Rev. Browne was not staying at his parish rectory Monday News-Chronicle Some of his friends say they have not heard from a Catholic priest who was placed on administrative leave after he was accused of sexually assaulting a child in the early 1980s. The Diocese of Green Bay has asked the Brown County district attorney's office to investigate the allegation against the Rev. Stanley Browne, diocesan spokesman Tony Kuick said Monday. Browne, currently pastor of St. Mary of the Lake Parish in Lakewood in Oconto County, worked at SS. Peter & Paul Parish in Green Bay during the early 1980s, Kuick said. The diocese is trying to contact the alleged victim through that person's attorney. The attorney notified the diocese of the accusation late in the day on March 26, and the diocese placed Browne on leave the next day. Other priests handled services in Lakewood this weekend, and Browne was not staying at the rectory at St. Mary of the Lake. Kuick said church officials had no prior knowledge of the allegation. "This is the first we knew about it," he said. Browne has worked in six parishes in the diocese since he was ordained in 1981, Kuick said. Diocesan representatives will visit those parishes later this week to talk to members about the allegation. District Attorney John Zakowski said a local law enforcement agency would first investigate such an allegation. The Diocese of Green Bay serves 393,000 Catholics in 16 Northeast Wisconsin counties. The Associated Press contributed to this report.