Fr. Thomas Job

Multiple allegations of the sexual abuse of teenage boys, occurring while a seminarian and at every parish assignment thereafter. In the early 1970s two boys told the parish school principal at St. John Vianney in Northlake of abuse by Job, one of them abused from 4th-7th grades. The principal told the pastor, who didn’t believe her. She said she begged Archdiocesan officials to protect the children at her school, to no avail. She resigned. Job was arrested in 1975 after a boy reported abuse to police. No charges. Moved to St. Cletus in LaGrange. Accused in 1983 of abuse in the early 1970s at St. John Vianney. Confessed. Kept in ministry at St. Joseph in Libertyville, told to avoid young people. Continued to abuse. Stole from parish collection. Resigned from priesthood in 11/1991. Report in 2004 he was representing himself as a priest in good standing. Archdiocese did not make abuse allegations public until 10/2005. At least one claim settled in 10/2005. Laicized in 6/2010. Sentenced in 7/2011 to one year in jail and to pay restitution and fine after pleading guilty to theft of thousands of dollars from then-current employer, Lake County Health Dept. Personnel File released 1/21/2014. Per the archdiocese’s updated list 6/8/2021, Job died in 3/2021. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report, which notes 22 “reported survivors,” of abuse in IL, SD, Cancun Mexico, Canada, Copenhagen Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Luxumbourg.