80M settlement reached in Chicago Archdiocese clergy sex abuse scandal

CHICAGO (IL)
WLS TV

Sept. 17, 2019

The names and faces of 48 known sexual abuse perpetrators who worked for the Archdiocese of Chicago were revealed Tuesday.

Over $80 million in court settlements with the Chicago Archdiocese involving 48 alleged perpetrators in the state of Illinois was revealed Tuesday.

The law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates said they have compiled over 160 survivors over the past two decades who said they were sexually abused by a Chicago Archdiocesan.

The law firm also announced a new lawsuit was filed on behalf of a man who said he was abused at Maryville Academy when he was a boy.

A list and photos of the 48 known perpetrators, as well as where the perpetrators worked were made public.

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