CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Sun-Times
[Rev. Norbert Maday]
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BY ART GOLAB Staff Reporter January 21, 2014
In 1994, the Rev. Norbert Maday a former associate pastor at Our Lady of the Ridge Parish in Chicago Ridge, was sentenced 20 years in prison for molesting two teenage boys in separate 1986 parish outings to Oshkosh, Wis.
Maday claimed he was innocent at the trial. Since his conviction, other victims have come forward with allegations dating to the 1970s, and documents show that archdiocese officials often visited Maday, telephoned him or mailed details of the new allegations to him. In response, Maday denied some incidents, disputed various details or said he didn’t know the accusers according to church memos.
In one handwritten letter headed “Greetings all Good in the Name of Jesus,” Maday stated “Regarding the cases you presented, I have a clear conscience since I did nothing immoral nor illegal with regard to those whose names you brought up.”
However in a telephone interview, Maday once “generally admitted to ‘tummy rubbing,’ giving back rubs and ‘grabbing a leg,’ all activities he stated he performed on minor youths at St. Bede,” a church memo recorded.
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