SPRINGFIELD (IL)
Journal Register
April 7, 2019
By Steven Spearie
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) disclosed the names of five more publicly accused abusive priests who spent time in the Springfield Roman Catholic Diocese but are not on the official diocesan ‘accused’ list Sunday.
Members of SNAP protested outside of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception urging Bishop Thomas Paprocki to add the names.
Rev. Noel Shaughnessy, Rev. Thomas Gardner and Rev. Thomas McShane all ministered in the diocese, which covers 28 counties in central Illinois.
Another priest, Rev. Scott Kallal, is a Jerseyville native and a member of the Rome-based Apostles of the Interior Life order.
Kallal didn’t officially serve in the Springfield diocese. Kallal was sent to go to trial this month on two felony counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, but it has been delayed.
Rev. Francis Benham, who served in the Columbus, Ohio diocese, lived in Lincoln, which is in the Peoria diocese.
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