Fr. Paul L. O’Toole
A woman announced in 2006 that she had received a $125K settlement from the Chicago archdiocese in 2004. She alleged that O’Toole sexually abused her in 1966 when she was age 16, and that Revs. John F. Rohrich and Howard Strum abused her until she was 19. She said she first reported the abuse to the archdiocese in the early 1990s, but nothing was done. She reported to the archdiocese again in 2002; in 2004 the Review Board stated of the allegation against O’Toole, “there is reasonable cause to suspect that the alleged misconduct occurred.” O’Toole reportedly left the priesthood to marry.
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