Fr. Donald E. Shelander
Retired in 2002. In late 2005 a man told the archdiocese that Shelander sexually abused him in the late 1970s-early 1980s, when he was ages 14-18 and Shelander was pastor of St. Mary’s in Urbana. The Archdiocese said it found a “semblance of truth” in the allegations and placed Shelander on leave in 3/2006. He was returned to active status in 2/2009 after the church tribunal found the allegations could not be proven.
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