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By Shannon Antinori
In addition to the thousands of pages to be released detailing decades of abuse at the hands of Catholic priests in the Joliet Diocese, the organization Tuesday also released an updated list of credibly accused abusers.
The list includes former St. Mary Immaculate Pastor Charles Van Duren. The accusations were brought to light after Van Duren’s death in 1997, according to the diocese. He served as pastor of the Plainfield parish from 1982 to 1995.
The names also include Alejandro Flores, a newly ordained priest from Shorewood’s Holy Family Parish. In 2010, Flores apparently attempted suicide by leaping from the balcony of an abandoned Joliet church. He survived and eventually pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a young boy over a five-year period.
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