Catholic Diocese Report: Summary of Reverend Richard Scherer
In a letter dated January 17, 1966, Scherer wrote about his continued improvement in health, body, and mind and stated that the “severe feeling of guilt” had left him.
In a letter to the Diocese dated April 5, 1966, Father Tobin from Our Lady of the Snow/Clergy House Retreat located in Minnesota wrote that he had been counseling Scherer for three months; that Scherer was making progress in the tensions that plagued his priesthood; that Scherer suffered a nervous breakdown; and, that involvement with the “young lady” was part of his emotional escape.