JOLIET (IL)
CBS Chicago
JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — The Roman Catholic bishop in Joliet is allowing an accused predator priest to return to limited ministry, and advocates for priest sex abuse victims are livid over the decision.
As WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports, the Rev. F. Lee Ryan was removed a couple of years ago from his ministry at St. Edmund Parish in Watseka and St. Joseph Mission in Crescent City, both in downstate Iroquois County.
Allegations have been deemed credible that he had sexually abused a boy in the 1970s, starting when the boy was 14.
Now, Joliet Bishop Daniel Conlon is allowing Ryan to minister to homebound Roman Catholics.
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