JOLIET (IL)
Herald-News
By Bob Okon bokon@stmedianetwork.com March 12, 2013
Updated: March 12, 2013
The Diocese of Joliet has lifted a protective order on personnel files of 15 priests as part of a settlement in a sexual abuse case announced Tuesday.
Bishop R. Daniel Conlon said the settlement involved the Rev. James Burnett and three plaintiffs.
The settlement also included a financial payment to one plaintiff, David Rudofski.
Conlon said the lifting of the protective order has made specific pages of the personnel files of 15 priest offenders available to one of the plaintiffs in the case. The release of the files was in compliance with a court order.
The lawsuit was filed several years ago but the settlement with Rudofski has recently been reached, the diocese said.
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