ILLINOIS
State Journal-Register
By Staff reports
The State Journal-Register
Posted Sep 19, 2013 @ 12:14 PM
A central Illinois priest is being investigated for an alleged incident of sexual misconduct while he was serving at a Jacksonville church in 1980.
The Rev. Robert “Bud” DeGrand has temporarily withdrawn from serving Catholic parishes in Sigel, Neoga, Green Creek and Lillyville, according to a statement from the Springfield Catholic Diocese.
The diocese statement says officials first learned of the allegation on Sept. 9 and began investigating. Bishop Thomas John Paprocki and two other Catholic officials met with parishioners Sept. 18 to discuss DeGrand’s absence.
The allegation allegedly occurred while DeGrand was serving Our Saviour Parish in Jacksonville in 1980, the same year he was ordained to the priesthood, according to the diocese statement.
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