ILLINOIS
The Doings
By: Jane Michaels | jmichaels@pioneerlocal.com | @janemichaels22
Parishioners new in the last 30 years may have been shocked to learn one of the worst offenders in the priest sex abuse scandal once served at St. Cletus Church in La Grange.
The Archdiocese of Chicago released thousands of documents in a settlement this week with victims of sexual abuse by clergy. The effort was aimed at ending secrecy, protecting children, holding officials accountable and encouraging other victims to come forward.
The documents showed a long list of allegations against Thomas Job before, during and after the time he was assigned as an associate pastor at St. Cletus from 1976 to 1982.
While in La Grange, Job is accused of teaching boys, who were in seventh grade through their early years of high school, how to masturbate and abusing them in his quarters at the rectory and a home he owned near Great America.
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