A Catholic priest serving as pastor at Saint Peter Parish in American Fork has been placed on leave while the state Division of Child and Family Services and the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against him, involving at least two minors.
Father David R. Gaeta served primarily in Ogden between 1980 and 1985, and after subsequently serving as a military chaplain in his hometown of Boston, he returned to Utah in 2017 to serve in American Fork.
Jean Hill, spokesperson for the Salt Lake City diocese (which oversees all parishes in Utah), said that the case had been referred to DCFS because the now-adult accusers were minors when the alleged abuse occurred in the 1980s.