ILLINOIS
WGN
BY PATRICK ELWOOD
NEW LENOX, Ill. — A former president of a Catholic high school in the south suburbs is being sued for sexually abusing a former student.
Father Richard McGrath priest abruptly retired from Providence Catholic High School in December after he refused to be interviewed by investigators after a student came forward to say she saw him on his cell phone looking at a naked teen boy.
McGrath refused to turn over the cell phone so the investigation was stymied and charges were never filed.
There is now an allegation from a former student who attended Providence in the mid 90s who said the priest sexually assaulted him several times during his time here.
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