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	Sex Abuse Panel Chief Resigns in Allegations' Wake The Herald News [Joliet IL] November 26, 2005 JOLIET — The head of the panel that reviews allegations of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet resigned after two brothers accused him of molesting them. Dr. James Carger, a clinical psychologist from Riverside, stepped down from the Diocesan Review Board on Sept. 28 when the brothers reported the accusations to the diocese. Carger has denied the allegations. Carger was appointed to the review board in 2002 and named chairman in May 2003, said Sister Judith Davies, diocese chancellor. Kevin Tretter and Thomas Tretter told the Chicago Tribune in a story published Friday that Carger molested them in 1979 when he was a counselor for the DuPage County Health Department. The boys would have been about 5 and 6 years old at the time of the alleged incidents. The newspaper reported that no criminal charges were filed in connection with the alleged incident, and that no civil lawsuit has been filed.
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