The Rev. Richard McGrath’s name belongs on lists of abusers kept by all church districts where he worked, supporters of survivors say.
After being secretive for years, the Augustinian Catholic order has promised to publish early in 2024 a list of priests credibly accused of abuse.
But an advocacy group says one priest accused of child sex abuse and viewing child pornography should not only be placed on the Augustinian’s list, but on lists kept by all of the Chicago-area districts where he worked.
Church officials won’t say if they plan to add the Rev. Richard J. McGrath’s name to their own lists.
But at a news conference Thursday outside a Hyde Park friary that McGrath once called home, survivor advocates demanded his name also be added to the lists of the dioceses where he worked in Chicago, Joliet and Rockford.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP)…
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