Fr. Robert Louis Kealy
Lawyer who handled sex abuse cases against priests. Resigned from parish position in 3/02 and went to live in a restricted monitored setting after an allegation that he engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a 15- or 16-year-old boy in the 1970s. First reported in 2001; no action by review board until complainant came forward again in 2002 with more information. Admitted to smoking marijuana and drinking with boys in the 1970s. Kealy had served as chancellor of the archdiocese and then as judicial vicar of the Chicago province’s Court of Appeals. Permanently removed from ministry in 9/05. Resigned in 4/06. As of 2014 was still a priest, working as a lawyer. Laicized in 12/18.
- BA.org Assignment Record
- Kealy Personnel File released by archdiocese 11.14
- Jeff Anderson & Associates Timeline
- Chicago Daily Herald 03.28.02
- Chicago Tribune 03.28.02
- Associated Press 03.29.02
- Chicago Sun-Times 03.29.02
- Chicago Tribune 04.10.02
- NY Times 05.14.02
- Dallas Morning News 06.12.02
- Chicago Sun-Times 01.17.03
- Chicago Tribune 09.26.05
- Chicago Daily Herald 09.27.05
- Chicago Archdiocesan Report 03.20.06
- Chicago Archdiocesan Report 09.15.08
- Chicago Tribune 11.12.14
- Associated Press 07.29.19
- Archdiocese of Chicago Updated List 06.08.21
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