CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Tribune
By Andy Grimm
Tribune reporter
9:31 p.m. CDT, April 24, 2012
A man who served as an altar boy at a Mount Greenwood Roman Catholic parish claims in a lawsuit filed today that he was molested by a priest in the 1980s.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of a plaintiff listed as “John Doe,” claims that Fr. John Curran, a priest who served at St. Christina’s Church, 11005 S. Homan Ave., lured young boys to his room in the church rectory and molested them, and that church leaders were aware of the abuse and did nothing to remove Curran from his post or keep him away from children.
An Archdiocese of Chicago registry lists Curran among priests against whom there are “substantiated claims” of abuse. The registry also shows Curran died in March 2000.
In 2005, the archdiocese settled lawsuits filed by 24 parishioners who claimed they were abused as children by 14 priests, including Curran.
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