CHICAGO (IL)
WLS
September 17, 2019
A new lawsuit has been filed in the Archdiocese of Chicago clergy sexual abuse scandal. The latest allegation points to Maryville Academy’s former head and priest, the late Father John Smyth on behalf of a man who said he was abused at the school when he was a boy.
Clarence George was 11-years-old when he arrived on campus at Maryville Academy in Des Plaines back in 2001. He had been a ward of the state since he was five.
“At first it was a very good situation,” George said. “I kind of felt that this might actually be a placement that works for a while and to make friends, and actually finish a semester.”
Now at the age of 29, George is the first Maryville alum to file a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Chicago and naming Father John Smyth as his abuser. George is accusing the deceased priest of sexual abuse over the course of four years, which he said stated in 2001 and ended in 2004.
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