ILLINOIS
WLS
By Sarah Schulte
JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) — The Joliet Diocese has confirmed that former Bishop Joseph Imesch has died at the age of 84.
Imesch served as the diocese’s bishop for nearly 27 years. He died Tuesday morning.
Last year, depositions showed he knew about priest sex abuse in his diocese but moved priests around to different parishes instead of removing them from service.
The Michigan native was ordained after seminary school in Rome in 1956.
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