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Terry McKiernan February 26, 2021

180 Accused in This Diocese

Br. Lawrence A. Angel

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Angel is deceased. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Angel in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Fr. Oscar Bandini-Beguerisse

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Died: 03/21/2009
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

From the Mexican Meridian Province. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list revised 2/21/20. Entered the order in 1941. One allegation noted, occurring in 1963 while Bandini Beguerisse was assigned to St. Pascal's in Chicago. Died 3/21/09.

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Jesuits Midwest Revised List 02.21.20

Fr. Alexander Sylvester Baranowski

Ordained: 1955
Status: Sued

Died: 06/20/2011
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as accused in Chicago archdiocesan report in 3/06, allegations substantiated. An 'inappropriate relationship' with a young girl was reported by the girl's father to the archdiocese in 1963. Accused of sexually abusing at least five other children. In 4/13, two men filed civil suit against the archdiocese and Baranowski alleging that he abused them on separate overnight trips in 1961-62. Both men were students at St. Wenceslaus grammar school in Chicago when alleged abuse occurred. Resigned from priesthood in 1975. Laicized 8/1976. Reportedly left the priesthood and went on to marry. Died 6/20/11.

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Fr. Harry J. Barton

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1940
Status: Accused

Died: 02/16/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18. A single allegation noted, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago 1956-57. Barton died 2/16/88. The allegation was reported after his death. Included in 1/20 on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati's list, where he had ministered.

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Jesuits Midwest Province List 12.17.18

Fr. Richard Barry Bartz

Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

In the 1980s Bartz was on faculty of a seminary where he allegedly had sex with a 17-year-boy, who was a student at St. Ignatius College Prep. May have attempted to molest at least one other boy the same night. Bartz went on leave indefinitely; was returned to ministry at Columbus Hospital in 1988, under restrictions and monitoring. There until 2001. Another report was made to the archdiocese in 1992 of abuse in the 1970s while Bartz was assigned to Ascension parish in Oak Park. Left position at another hospital and resigned from priesthood 6/02 after Dallas Bishops' Conference. Laicized in 9/15.

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Deacon Patricio William Batuyong

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Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Ordained a deacon in 1983 for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Had been working temporarily in the Atlanta archdiocese for about a year when he was arrested in 4/93 on IL charges of criminal sexual abuse and solicitation for juvenile prostitution in 1991. Alleged victim was a 15-year-old relative. Extradited to IL where he posted bond before returning to Georgia. Laicized in 4/96. Died in 4/09. Added to Chicago archdiocesan list of clergy with substantiated allegations on 11/28/18.

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Fr. Robert Charles Becker

Ordained: 1965
Status: Settled

Died: 10/22/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Canon lawyer, on Metropolitan Tribunal for years. At least one claim included in a 10/03 settlement. New lawsuit filed 4/06 claiming abuse by Becker and another priest in the late 1970s. Several other alleged victims known to plaintiff's counsel. Suit included in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. At least one claim in 8/08 $12.7M settlement involving 11 priests and 16 plaintiffs. At least one claim included in a 7/09 settlement involving four priests. Died in 10/89. Personnel file released 1/14.

Br. Robert E. Beckstrom

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Beckstrom was listed as a 'former' brother as of 6/11/14. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Beckstrom in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Fr. Joseph R. Bennett

Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Archdiocese received allegations 11/12/02 that Bennett had sexually abused three boys in 1976-78. Oral sex alleged. Despite polygraph confirmation, Review Board found no reasonable cause to suspect. Alleged on 12/3/03 to have abused two girls in 1967-69, including rape. Board recommended removal 10/15/05; Cardinal George kept Bennett in ministry until McCormack case broke. Removed 1/31/06; at least 10 other allegations were received. Settlement 8/12/08 released some documents. Personnel files released 1/14. Noted on archdiocese' s list updated 11/28/18 to have been laicized.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Leonard Adolph Bogdan

Ordained: 1960
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused in Chicago Archdiocese report 3/20/06. Allegations made in 1983 and withdrawn 1986. Excardinated to Kalamazoo diocese 1/94. Retired from Kalamazoo 6/30/00. Moved to AZ. Accusation was reasserted in 8/01 and deemed credible in 9/01. Privileges removed 3/02.

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Br. Dennis Bonebreak

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

One of 11 religious brothers (one unnamed) and two laymen accused by 31 men in 3 civil cases filed 4/26/13. Bonebreak was accused of abusing one boy at Leo HS in Chicago. Order agreed to $16.5M settlement with 400 plaintiffs in 5/13, perhaps including the complainants in these three cases.

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Chicago Tribune 05.24.13

Fr. Robert Peter Bowman

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Former Vicar for Administration. Retired in 2001. Removed from duties 5/02 after allegations surfaced 4/02 of sexual misconduct with a minor more than 45 years prior. Another allegation of inappropriate behavior apparently made but was found unsubstantiated by the Fitness Review Board who termed it "horseplay that might have been misinterpreted." Files released by archdiocese in 11/14 show allegations of abuse of at least 11 children by Bowman, mostly during 1950s to the 1980s. Archdiocese found 7 of the cases "credible," with victims ages 8-16. Vatican ordered permanent removal of Bowman from public ministry 9/05. Died 4/11.

Fr. David Francis Braun

Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 12/2/1997
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Included in archdiocesan report 3/20/06. Per documents released 11/14, in 1963 Braun "attempted immorality " with 14-year-old male hitchhiker. Boy's father and police agreed not to press charges if church handled it. Admitted to sex with young boys as early as 1956. Would pick boys up in car after school and abuse, including sodomy, in car or in Forest Preserves. Placed on leave, sent to treatment, reinstated as assistant at Lincoln Park parish. Moved among a number of Chicago parishes, then Wilmette pastor. Alcoholic, began work with others in alcohol treatment at Lakeshore Hospital in 1970s. Pastor in Round Lake, Palatine, North Riverside. Retired 1992, lived in IL and FL. Allegation 1992 of abuse in 1960 of boy, age 13. In 1994 a woman reported abuse mid-1960s, age 4. Bernardin ordered restrictions. In 1995, a man reported mid-1960s abuse, age 10. Braun died 12/97. By 2008 two more men had come forward, one alleging 1954 abuse, age 12, the other said early 1980s abuse, at age 22.

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Fr. Kenneth M. Brigham

Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 05/23/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Retired to Las Vegas in 6/05. Died 05/23/06. Brigham's personnel file was one of 30 files of priests credibly accused of sexually abusing minors produced by archdiocese in 1/14 and released by plaintiffs' counsel.

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Br. Robert Noel Brouillette

Order: CFC
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

High School teacher and counselor, active 1960s-90s in HI, MA, MI, NM, IL. Arrested 1998 in IL for solicitation and child porn; convicted in 2000; got 4 years' probation. Accused in 7/02 suit of abusing IL high school student 1996-98. Suit alleged sex with minors at schools in HI, MA, MI and NM previously. Second suit 1/03. Living at Vianney Center in MO 2004; left Order and Center at probation's end. Suit 11/7/12. Part of Order's $16.5M settlement 5/13. Named by a man 4/4/14 suit in HI re abuse at Damien Memorial High. Name included on Seattle archdiocese's list 1/15/16 of accused. Was at O'Dea High in Seattle 1968-70. Changed his name to Robert Sullivan. Reportedly in 5/22 Brouillette was not on the MO sex offender registry; per Jefferson County Sheriff's Office his whereabouts were unknown and they think he's "dodging" registering.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Daniel Peter Buck

Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed in 6/02. Previously accused of sexual misconduct against a girl 1979-84, beginning when she was age 10 or 11. Allegations reviewed by the Fitness Review Board some time after 1993; Board recommended he be allowed to stay in ministry as long as he was banned from being alone with minors. At least one claim included in 10/03 settlement of claims by 15 men and women who alleged abuse by 12 priests. Vatican approved permanent removal from public ministry 9/05.

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Fr. Edmund F. Burke

Ordained: 1944
Status: Accused

Died: 02/28/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

First named publicly as accused by the archdiocese when added to its list of clergy with substantiated allegations of child sexual abuse 11/28/18. Died in 1989.

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Chicago Catholic 11.30.18

Fr. Eugene Patrick Burns

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Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Died: 01/14/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse of a girl ages 8-13 in 1961-1966 while he was assigned to St. Catherine Laboure in Glenview. Died in 1/05. Claim included in 10/05 settlement by the archdiocese with 24 adults alleging abuse by 14 priests.

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Br. Donald J. Butler

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Order: SJ
Status: Accused

Died: 07/27/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Entered the Jesuits in 1935. Named publicly as accused by the Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18, of abuse occurring while assigned to Holy Family Parish in Chicago 1964-68. Died 7/27/99. The 2/21/20 revised list notes a single allegation.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Eamonn Byrne

Order: SSC
Ordained: 1953
Status: Sued

Died: 12/12/2015
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Born in Ireland. Spent most of career in the Philippines, beginning in 1957. In the U.S. for three years beginning in 1974 to develop Columban apostolate to the Filipino community. Accused in a 1992 lawsuit of abuse of a girl during a church outing in 1974. She claimed the abuse was reported to his superiors but no action was taken by them. Byrne retired to Ireland in 2007. Died 12/12/15.

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Fr. John Walter Calicott

Ordained: 1974
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Suspended in 1994 due to accusations of sexual molestation of two 15-year-old boys in 1976. Sent to treatment; deemed "no significant risk" and allowed to return to assignment in 1995. Removed again 6/02 after Dallas Bishops Conference. Sued 2004. Included on 2003 Chicago archdiocese list of accused priests. Reportedly teaching sex ed in a parish school by 2004. Canonical court trial pending 9/05. Laicization announced 10/27/09. Personnel file released 11/14; one man said at the time that Calicott abused him when he was a 12-year-old altar boy at St. Aibe's on the South Side in the 1970s. Accused of abuse of at least four boys.

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Br. Michael T. Carr

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Carr is deceased. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Carr in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Br. Francis C. Carroll

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Carroll is deceased. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Carroll in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Br. Thomas M. Chmura

Order: OSB
Ordained: 1982
Status: Sentenced

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Assigned to St Benedict's Abbey in Benet Lake, WI on IL border. Arrested 4/13, charged with trying to abduct a 14-year-old girl in Antioch IL, and with disorderly conduct. Police saw him stop near 3 other girls. He fled and they arrested him the next day. Admitted approaching several girls over previous 6 weeks. Arrested again 5/3/13 after children found at Abbey. Pled guilty 12/5/13 to one count of child abduction. Sentenced to 6 months of periodic imprisonment, plus 24 months of felony probation.

Fr. Christopher Ciomek

Ordained: 1998
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

From Poland. Arrived in the U.S. in 1988, ordained 1998. Worked at St. Monica's in Chicago, St. Theresa in Palatine and Mundelein Seminary. Pastor of St. Peter Damian in Bartlett when suspended in 4/21 due to allegations received by the archdiocese of the sexual abuse of a minor, occurring about 30 years prior. The archdiocese announced in 10/21 that Ciomek would be reinstated due to insufficient evidence of abuse.

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Fr. George H. Clements

Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Died: 11/25/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Pastor of Holy Angels in Bronzeville 1969-91. Assigned to the Diocese of Naussau, Bahamas 1991-93, then Washington DC 1993-2006. Retired in 2006. Clements admitted to a reporter in 1994 that he had been the subject of rumors of sexual misconduct. In 8/19 he was suspended from ministry pending the investigation of an allegation that he sexually abused a child, ages 7-12, 1974-1979. Clements died in 11/19. The alleged victim received a settlement from the archdiocese in 2/22. Another man who accused Clements of sexually abusing him as a boy received a settlement, as announced in 4/22 by Attorney Mitchell Garabedian.

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Garabedian Law Assignment Record

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Fr. William J. Cloutier

Ordained: 1975
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse of at least three boys in 1979. Kept in ministry. Removed in 1991, sent to archdiocesan retreat house at Mundelein Seminary. Civil suit filed in 1991 claimed abuse in 1979. Admitted abuse and that after 14 years of therapy still used his position to abuse. New allegation in 2002. Part of large 2003 settlement involving 12 priests. Left priesthood in 1994. Died in 8/03. Also included in 10/05 settlement by Archdiocese involving multiple priests. Personnel file released 01/14.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. Alan S. Cobb

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Cobb was listed as a 'former' brother as of 6/11/14. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Cobb in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Fr. Daniel J. Collins

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Ordained: 1958
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

A man filed a civil suit 7/11/13 alleging abuse by Collins at St. Christopher Catholic Church between 1971 and 1973 when he was 8-10 years old. Suit alleges inappropriate touching, rubbing, groping and fondling, oral and anal sex.

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WLS 07.12.13
Oak Forest Patch 07.12.13

Br. Donald Cecil Collins

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Collins is deceased. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Collins in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Br. Eugene Laurence Condon

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Condon listed as former brother as of 6/11/14; cf. Charleston diocesan priest, Eugene L. Condon, who died on 5/24/14. Christian Brothers did not provide assignment info; until we establish assignments, we have placed Condon in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Br. Edmund Corrigan

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

One of 10 brothers and two laymen accused by more than 30 men in a 5/13 civil case of abuse at three Chicago schools run by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North American Province. Order agreed to massive $16.5M settlement in late 5/13 with 400 plaintiffs claiming abuse by multiple order priests and brothers. Unclear if the order has substantiated any of the allegations against the eight newly-accused brothers, including Corrigan.

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Chicago Tribune 05.24.13

Fr. Robert Craig

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Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused per Archdiocesan List 3/20/06. Removed 1990 and resigned from priesthood 10/93. Suit filed 4/06. Several known victims claim abuse between 1982 and 1990. Previous settlement made in 1989. Archdiocese settled at least one claim in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. At least 1 claim included in 8/08 $12.7M settlement involving 11 priests and 16 plaintiffs. Laicized in 10/09.

Fr. Thomas Carroll Crosby

Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 01/18/1987
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

First named publicly as accused by the archdiocese when added to its list of clergy with substantiated allegations of child sexual abuse 11/28/18. Died 1987.

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Chicago Catholic 11.30.18

Fr. John William Curran

Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Died: 03/28/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse of two youths who were students at Chicago's Quigley South Seminary. Abuse reported by plaintiff in 1990 and 1991. Parishioners were told that he had taken "a sabbatical" when he left in 1993. Sued. In late 1994 archdiocese told parishioners the truth, but by then the SOL had expired for the plaintiffs. Curran died in 3/2000. At least one claim included in 10/05 settlement by archdiocese. Named in two 4/12 civil suits by two men who alleged abuse in 1987. Personnel file released in 1/14.

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Fr. Norman J. Czajka

Ordained: 1961
Status: Accused

Died: 10/26/2012
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Archdiocese received allegation in 5/05 of child sexual abuse in 1995 by Czajka. Deemed substantiated by Review Board. Removed from public ministryin 6/06. Died in 10/12.

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Fr. Richard Daschbach

Order: SVD
Ordained: 1964
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Ordained for the SVD's Chicago Province. Pittsburgh PA native. At Catholic U. in Washington DC and hospital chaplain at Fort Belvoir VA 1964-66. Went to Timor, Indonesia in 1966 where he spent the next five-plus decades. Accused in early 2018 of sexually abusing at least two dozen girls at Topu Honis Shelter Home, which he founded in 1993. Child pornography also involved. Admitted the allegations to police. Laicized 11/06/18. Refused to leave the orphanage and still saying mass, per SVD Superior General in 2/19. Arrested 4/26/19. Released on house arrest. Trial started in 3/21, postponed to 5/21 due to covid-19, then to 6/7/21. Reportedly threatened the life of the human rights lawyer representing the victims in 7/21, at the district court. Indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. 8/26/21, charged with 7 counts of illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place. Found guilty in 12/21 and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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Fr. Walter George DeRoeck

Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed in 3/99 after two men came forward to allege abuse as minors in approximately 1986. He was assigned to St. John Berchman's in the Logan Square neighborhood at time of the alleged abuse. Resigned from priesthood in 8/01; laicized in 1/02.

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Fr. Dominic Aloysius Diederich

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Ordained: 1917
Status: Accused

Died: 04/24/1977
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

On 1/31/06 the archdiocese confirmed that church officials had reason to believe Diederich engaged in sexual misconduct with a child. The admission came after a woman confronted Cardinal George about Diederich at a public meeting on 1/30/06. The archdiocese refused to include Diederich in its list of priests with substantiated allegations, because Diederich was deceased. He died 4/24/77. Included on archdiocese's list 11/28/18.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. James Diete

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Order: CM
Ordained: 1980
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Had assignments in Lemont, IL and Denver, CO. Named publicly by the Vincentian on its list in 2020 as the subject of multiple allegations of abuse, occurring in the 1980s. After the abuse was reported in 1987, Diete was sent to St. Luke Institute for treatment, then returned in 1988 to ministry. His faculties were removed in 1991.

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

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Vincentians Western Province List 12.07.20

Fr. Francis Emil Dilla

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Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Died: 02/2/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse at St. Simon's in Chicago 1964-1965. Removed from public ministry in 2/92. First identified as abuser in Archdiocesan Report of 3/20/06. Retired in 1993. Died 2/2/05.

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Fr. Jeremiah C. Duggan

Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Died: 07/21/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Alleged abuse occurred the in 1970s-1980s while he was assigned to Queen of Martyrs in Evergreen Park. Name not revealed until at least one claim included in Archdiocesan settlement of 10/28/05. Died 7/99, one month after he retired. Name not included on list of Chicago perpetrators released 1/14.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. James Claver Dunn

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Dunn is deceased. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Dunn in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Fr. William Patrick Farrell

Order: OP
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 02/8/1989
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Taught high school in Chicago and in Dallas TX, assigned in 1971 to a parish in Edina MN. Accusations surfaced in 2017 that Farrell sexually abused a 16-year-old Chicago boy in 1970, when Farrell was a Fenwick High faculty member and the boy was a student. Farrell's accuser wrote the Dominicans in 11/17 and received an apology. He said he knew of at least one other student who had been molested by Farrell. In 2016 a man alleged that Farrell molested him when he was a vulnerable 21 year-old. The man said he met Farrell via a Catholic charismatic organization in MN in the 1970s. When Farrell was assigned to a chaplaincy at Southwestern U. in LA in 1973, he asked the young man to help him move. His accuser said that during stops at hotels on two nights, Farrell awakened him, naked, wanting sex. Farrell died 2/8/89.

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Fr. Richard Wayne Fassbinder

Ordained: 1953
Status: Accused

Died: 05/1/2004
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Retired in 1997. Privileges removed 4/02 after review board determined "reasonable cause" to suspect he had sexually abused a male minor during his assignment at Prince of Peace parish. Abuse said to have begun in 1974 and ended in mid-1980s. Allegations first reported 12/01. Died 5/04. Name also on 2003 Archdiocesan list of abusers. Per documents released by archdiocese in 11/14, Fassbinder admitted taking nude pics of and a "sexual relationship" with a boy, beginning in 1974 when the boy was age 16 and continuing for 15 years; he said he didn't know the boy was a minor. He was in ministry for two years after his admission.

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Fr. Mark A. Finan

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1948
Status: Accused

Died: 11/18/1993
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18. Multiple allegations of abuse occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius Prep in Chicago in 1944 and St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, OH 1964-65. Dismissed from the Jesuits 4/13/73. Died 11/18/93, age 77. Per his obituary, Finan "spent his later years serving in the Los Angeles [CA] area." The province's list revised 2/21/20 shows dates of abuse in Cincinnati as 1963-65. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/22.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. John D. Fitzgerald

Ordained: 1933
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Pastor of Ascension Church in Oak Grove 1951-1973. A woman contacted the Archdiocese in 2005 to report that she was sexually abused by him in 1964 when she was a teenage parishioner. Fitzgerald died in either 1984 or 1985. No public information released about Fitzgerald's abuse until the woman came forward at a 7/31/14 news conference after her mother, a diocesan employee, had passed away. The Archdiocese did pay for counseling for her.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. John J. Fitzgerald

Order: CSC
Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Congregation of the Holy Cross on its list 6/12/19. It notes an allegation in 1992 of abuse in the 1970s in IL. Removed from ministry in 1992, left the order in 1997. On the Phoenix diocese's list.

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Fr. Joseph L. Fitzharris

Ordained: 1962
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed in 1991. Accused of abuse. Criminally convicted in 1987. Resigned from priesthood in 1/95. Archdiocese settled at least one claim in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. Another man settled his claims for $875K in 7/07 just prior to filing suit. He had alleged abuse in 1970s between ages of 7-10. Laicized in 5/09. Additional settlement with at least one man announced 8/30/11. Personnel file released in 1/14 as part of that settlement. Admitted by 2005 to abuse of at least 9 boys.

Fr. Terence Fitzmaurice

Order: OSB
Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Multiple allegations of abuse of boys and girls. Accused of molesting at least 15 boys in the early 1970s. Three settled with the order and the Chicago archdiocese in 2006. In 2007 negotiations continued with other claimants. Many were participants in a job-training program run by the city of Chicago where Fitzmaurice was a supervisor. As many as 75 other claimants. One woman alleged abuse over a 6-year period. A suit filed 1/07 alleged abuse in Superior diocese. Other plaintiffs added 5/07. Original plaintiff settled 10/07.

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Fr. James Vincent Flosi

Ordained: 1971
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Sued in 2005. Accused of abuse of a Quigley Theological Seminary student in 1980 while assigned to Holy Name Cathedral. Multiple reports of sexual abuse of minors dating to the 1970s. Accused in 1991 of teaching several middle school age boys to masturbate. Resigned from priesthood in 7/92. Later became founder and CEO of Aidscare in Chicago. Laicized in 10/10.

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Fr. Robert D. Friese

Ordained: 1978
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Teacher/counselor at Maryville Academy for at-risk youth in Des Plaines. Charged in 1984 with sexual abuse of 13-year-old boy he met at Maryville. Victim said abuse was from 1982 to 1984 and included fondling and oral sex. At time of indictment, Friese was on leave from Chicago Archdiocese and working as researcher at Univ of IL--Chicago's child care program. He was convicted in 1985, placed on probation for 4 years and sent to House of Affirmation. Resigned from priesthood 8/85. Laicized 7/87.

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Fr. Rigoberto Gamez-Alfonso

Ordained: 1995
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Several chancery positions. Named pastor in 2009 of Our Lady of Tepeyac in Little Village. Assiged 2015 to Providence of God in Pilsen. In residence since 7/18 at St. Aloysius in Wicker Park. Arrested in 10/18, charged with criminal sexual abuse involving force and battery. Accused of attacking three females, ages 17, 18 and 27, beginning in 11/16. Faculties withdrawn.

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ABC 7 Chicago 10.12.18
Chicago Tribune 10.13.18

Br. Stephen Justin Gardner

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Gardner was listed as a 'former' brother as of 6/11/14. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Gardner in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Fr. Jesus P. Garza

Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as accused on Chicago Archdiocese list released 3/20/06. Resigned from priesthood 7/00. In 11/83 a mother expressed concern to the archdiocese about Garza's interactions with her son. In 4/00 alleged victim met with Cardinal George. Garza resigned 7/1/00. In 2005 internal investigators deemed substantiated clams that Garza forced a boy to perform oral on him sex numerous times 1/84-4/84. Discovered by news outlet in 9/18 to have gone on to work as a counselor. in the Beloit, WI public schools.

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Fr. Gary Graf

Ordained: 1984
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in 7/18 of inappropriate behavior toward a male teen, who was a parish employee. Graf was pastor of San Jose Luis Sanchez Del Rio. Placed on leave pending investigation. Graf's accuser said Graf told him over the phone that he was attracted to him, rubbed his shoulders, and offered him a free car. Graf maintained his innocence. Dept of Children and Family Services deemed the allegations "unfounded" in 11/18. Graf was found not guilty at criminal bench trial in 1/19. Archdiocese continued investigation. He was returned to ministry in 4/19.

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Fr. James Craig Hagan

Ordained: 1974
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse of several youths 1981-1986 and in the 1970s. First allegations were reported in 1988. Placed on leave in 1996. Resigned from the priesthood in 4/97. Two claims settled in 10/03. One claim was included in a 10/05 settlement with the Archdiocese. Suit in 4/06 claimed abuse 1994-1996 at St. Denis parish. At least one claim was included in a $12.7M settlement in 8/08 involving 11 priests and 16 plaintiffs. Laicized in 4/10. Personnel file released 01/21/14.

Fr. John Edward Hefferan

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 01/29/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as abuser on Chicago Archdiocesan Report released 3/20/06. Removed from Public Ministry 10/03. No further information found as of 7/19/09. Per documents released by archdiocese 11/14, Herreran was accused in 3/93 of sexual abuse of 12-year-old girl in late 1970s at St. John Vianney in Northlake. Restricted from being alone with minors for 4 months. Two more allegations surfaced in 2002 and 2003: a person claimed sexual exploitation by Hefferon 1964-67 at St. Anastasia's in Waukegan, and a woman filed a formal complaint that Hefferan fondled her breasts in the late 1960s, when she was in junior high school in Flossmore. Died 1/29/18, per archdiocese's updated list 11/28/18.

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Br. Gilbert Leroy Hensley

Order: OP
Ordained: 1962
Status: Sued

Died: 05/31/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in a civil suit filed 10/26/07 of sodomizing a boy at least four times in the 4th and 5th grade in the late 1970s at St Vincent Ferrer parish in River Forest IL, where Hensley worked 1971-1986, after assignment at nearby St Thomas Aquinas Priory 1962-1971. To show prior notice, suit alleged Hensley's jaw was broken by a minor male in a gay bar in the mid-1970s. A 3rd boy was allegedly fondled once by Hensley at the parish school in the late 1970s and a 4th minor male was reportedly willing to testify. Rev Vincent Bryce, Hensley's pastor at St Vincent's, admitted abusing a boy there. In 1986-2005 Hensley lived at Blessed Sacrament priory and parish in the Madison WI diocese while working at Edgewood Elementary School. After the attorney for the man who filed suit contacted the Dominicans in 2005, Hensley was moved to the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters in Sinsinawa WI, where he lived and worked 2005-2014. Hensley, whose religious name was Bro Angelus, died on 5/31/14.

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Deacon Juan Francisco Hinojosa

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Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Ordained deacon studying at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein in 1993 when charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old youth. May have fled to Mexico.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Chicago Sun-Times 06.26.93

Fr. James Allen Hoder

Ordained: 1975
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as abuser on Chicago Archdiocesan Report in Fall 2009. Archdiocese received report in 7/85 of sexual abuse by Hoder of a teenage boy when Hoder was a seminarian. Housekeeper in 1990 reported male minors going to Hoder's room, porn everywhere, and a young man around age 18 staying with him in the rectory. Suspected of theft the same year and investigated for drugs. Reports to archdiocese in 11/92 of sex abuse of teen boy. Resigned from priesthood 1997. Allegation 2/04. Another in 7/07 of abuse by Hoder and Rev. James Flosi of boy age 17; alleged victim had called archdiocese about this in 1985. Laicization in 12/09 announced 1/2010.

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Fr. Michael J. Hogan

Ordained: 1984
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as abuser on Chicago Archdiocesan Report 3/20/06. In 2/86 a parent told pastor at St. Barbara's parish of "inappropriate activities" the priest had engaged in with his sons. Pastor was then to supervise Hogan. On leave as of 6/22/02. Resigned 7/93. Per archdiocese's list updated 11/28/18, Hogan was laicized 6/20/15.

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Fr. Michael P. Hogan

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 09/29/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly by a man in 1/19 who claimed Hogan sexually abused him when he was a St. Rita High School sophomore. Hogan worked at St. Rita's 1960-70 as a teacher, Vice Principal for Guidance and Director of Public Relations. His accuser said the priest offered to take him to a camp in Milwaukee, plied him with alcohol in a hotel room and started touching him. The man said he told the archdiocese in 2006, who had him contact the Midwest Augustinians, and that the Order said Hogan was in a nursing home and denied the abuse. Hogan died 9/29/08.

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Midwest Augustinians Obituary 09.29.08

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Fr. Daniel Mark Holihan

Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Died: 10/8/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Retired in 1992. Subject of allegation involving a boy while assigned to St. Aloysius in Chicago in the late 1960s. Settled 1997. Allegedly abused as many as 12 boys. Under Cardinal Bernardin, he was assigned a monitor and told not to be alone with minors. In 6/02 Cardinal George barred him from celebrating weekend masses. Civil suit filed in 10/03. Included in 10/05 settlement with archdiocese. Permanently removed from ministry in 9/05. Laicized in 7/10. Personnel file released in 1/14. Died in 10/16.

Fr. Thomas Barry Horne

Ordained: 1939
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abusing Kay Ebeling (of City of Angels blog) at age 5 in the early 1950s in Bartlett, IL. He had been transferred there by the Archbishop of Chicago. He is accused of raping her in a rectory while her mother practiced on organ in the nearby church. Later article reported he also raped her sister. Kay and another woman filed suit against the archdiocese 8/3/11, alleging abuse when they were young children. Horne died in 1985.

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Br. James Alvarez Houlihan

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Houlihan is deceased. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Houlihan in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Fr. Walter Edward Huppenbauer

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Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Died: 12/8/2014
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

"Retired" under restrictions in 1994. Removed from public ministry in 10/02. Accused in a 1993 complaint of abusing a girl in the 1960s. At least one claim included in 2003 $8M settlement by Chicago archdiocese. Also at least one claim in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. Permanently removed from public ministry per 9/05 announcement. Laicized in 8/10. Personnel file released by archdiocese in 11/14. Died in 12/14.

Fr. Leonard Huske

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused on the archdiocese's list updated 11/28/18. Removed from public ministry in 5/18.

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Archdiocese of Chicago Updated List 11.28.18

Br. Charles B. Irwin

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

One of 10 brothers and two laymen accused by more than 30 men in a 5/13 civil case of abuse at three Chicago schools run by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North American Province. In 5//13 order agreed to $16.5M settlement with 400 plaintiffs involving abuse by multiple order priests and brothers. Also accused of abuse at Bergen Catholic in Oradell NJ. Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in 2014 as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. In 8/16 $1.9 M settlement announced, to be shared among 21 former Bergen Catholic students. Irwin entered the CFC Order in 1945 and made final vows in 1953. Assigned to schools and communities in West Park NY, NYC, Chicago IL, Oradell NJ, and New Rochelle NY. Died 10/09/97. New suit in 3/21 alleges abuse of a Bergen Catholic student in the 1960s.

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Irwin Obit 10.00.97

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Fr. Thomas Job

Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in 1983 of abuse in the early 1970s at St. John Vianney in Northlake. At least one claim was included in a 10/05 settlement by the Archdiocese with 24 accusers claiming abuse by 14 priests. Laicized in 6/10. Sentenced in 7/11 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 01/21/14. Per the archdiocese's updated list 6/8/21, Job died in 3/21.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Augustine K. Jones

Order: OSB
Ordained: 1953
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Convicted in 1968 of abuse of a boy. Received three years probation and treatment. More charges in 1993 of abuse in 1990. Indicted in 1993. Pled guilty. Sentenced to four years probation. Died 9/28/07 at Blue Cloud Abbey in SD. On Rockford diocese's list 11/14/18.

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Fr. John E. Jordan

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Ordained: 1935
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Jordan, who died 9/1987, was accused of abuse in civil suit filed 5/14/12 against Archdiocese of Chicago. A former altar boy alleged abuse by Jordan at St. Adrian Parish's rectory between 1983-1984. Allegations said he would spank the boy with a paddle

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Br. John Kealey

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Order: CFC
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in 2014 as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Per Jeff Anderson and Associates law firm, Kealy was accused of abuse of a minor while at Brother Rice High School in Chicago. Kealey is deceased.

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Irish Christian Brothers List 05.30.14

Fr. Robert Louis Kealy

Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

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.

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Fr. John James Keehan

Ordained: 1967
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Allegations against Keehan of sexual misconduct date back to 1967-1974, during his first assignment at St. Basil. Removed from public ministry in 6/02. Keehan said he would appeal the decision. The archdiocese had determined years prior that there was "reasonable cause to believe" that Keehan had abused children. Computer taken away from Keehan in 9/10 as he was accessing numerous social networking sites, most child-oriented. In 1/13 the archdiocese recommended he enroll in a technology course to prevent his continued reliance on his "ignorance" of technology to avoid accountability re internet use. Last known to be living at a Catholic Charities nursing home in Palos Park, IL.

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Fr. Thomas Francis Kelly

Ordained: 1962
Status: Settled

Died: 07/15/1990
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse in 1973 while at St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus in Chicago. Died 6/15/90. Included in Archdiocesan settlement of 10/28/05. At least one claim included in the 8/08 $12.7M settlement involving 11 priests and 16 plaintiffs. Personnel file released in 1/14. Name included in list released by Chicago 1/21/14.

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Benen Kent

Order: OSF
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in a 2005 suit by a woman of abuse when she was a child 1962-67. Two more women filed suit 2006. They claim the order knew Kent was mentally ill and had behaved questionably with children. Allegedly abused in Chicago IL and MN. Died in 2003. In 4/07 Court dismissed one suit on SOL, parts of a second and left the third intact. Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal 4/30/08. Claims settled in 9/08. Two women received $400K total. Other accusers have come forward. Suit filed in Winona MN in 4/16 alleging sexual abuse by Kenan of two minors 1958-61.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. John J. Keough

Ordained: 1952
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Resigned in 3/82 to marry. Accused of abuse of both men and women. Accused in 2002 of kissing and fondling an 11-year-old girl in the 1960s, then "sex" after she graduated high school. Included in 10/03 $8M archdiocesan settlement with 15 individuals who alleged abuse by 12 different priests. Laicized 11/2008.

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BA.org Assignment Record
Keough Personnel File

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Br. Joseph C. Kernan

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Kernan is deceased. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Kernan in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Fr. Allan F. Kirk

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 08/11/2006
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/19. It notes a single allegation of abuse reported after his death, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago in 1979. Kirk died 8/11/06. The provinces's list revised 2/21/20 shows multiple allegations of abuse while at St. Ignatius as 1978-79. Included in 1/20 on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Joseph Patrick Kissane

Ordained: 1969
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse. Resigned in 5/91 per Archdiocesan list updated in 2009. Original date of resignation was 1/93. Included in 10/03 settlement of claims of 15 men and women who alleged abuse by 12 priests. Total settlement was more than $8M. Archdiocese settled at least one claim in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. Laicized 8/10. Died 4/11.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. George W. Klein

Ordained: 1959
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in 8/11 of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in the 1970s while principal of St. Benedict High School in Chicago. Archdiocese said he was retired as of 7/10. Per SNAP, restrictions had been placed on him but he had not been removed as active priest. In residence at St. Philip the Apostle Parish in Northfield. Worked at St. Gregory the Great High School in the 1960s. Board determined conduct was not sexual abuse but was inappropriate.

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Fr. Leonard Paul Kmak

Ordained: 1959
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Left priesthood to marry in 8/68. Laicized in 1/69. Died in 7/02. Accused of 1962 abuse. Name first became public when a claim was included in 10/05 settlement by Archdiocese involving 24 accusers and 14 priests. Archdiocese also settled at least one claim in 5/07. $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests.

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Fr. J. Robert Koch

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1943
Status: Accused

Died: 12/6/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago in 1966. Died 12/6/96.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Jesuits Midwest Province List 12.17.18

Fr. John H. Lane

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1938
Status: Accused

Died: 02/21/2000
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Worked in the Patna Province, India for over 30 years, beginning in 1932. Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18. Multiple allegations of abuse noted, occurring while assigned to Holy Family Parish in Chicago 1966-76. Died 2/21/00.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Fr. Ronald Lange

Order: SVD
Ordained: 1971
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as credibly accused by the Chicago Province of the Society of the Divine Word on its list in 4/21. Abuse occurred in Ghana, Africa over "multiple years" and in Iowa in 1987. Worked in Ghana 1968-91 and 1996-2013, in the U.S. 1991-96. Living in Dittmer MO from 2013 at least through 4/21. Per his order, Lange is monitored and is prohibited from public ministry and contact with minors.

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Society of the Divine Word List April 2021

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Br. Ronald Justin Lasik

Order: CFC
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in a suit filed on 4/26/13 of abusing two boys at St Laurence High School in Chicago. Convicted on 6/5/99 by a Canadian jury of sexually assaulting 6 boys at Mount Cashel Orphanage and assaulting a seventh. Lasik was convicted of anally raping two of the boys, one of them five times. That boy was between 9 and 12 years old during the abuse. Obtained early release from prison and was deported in 2003 to the US, to live in a Christian Brothers facility in NY. Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in 2014 as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Lasik died in 2020.

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Fr. Patrick J. Lee

Ordained: 1976
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Placed on leave in 1/19 after an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in 1979 while assigned to St. Christopher's in Midlothian. Reinstated in 6/19 after the diocese deemed the allegations 'unfounded.'

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Br. James Lewnard

Order: CSV
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Joined the Clerics of St. Viatore (Viatorians), Province of Chicago, as a brother in 1978. Ordained a deacon in 12/95. Named publicly as the subject of a substantiated by the Viatorians on the order's website sometime prior to 4/21. It notes that there was a single accusation, of abuse occurring in 1978. Also, suspended from ministry and living in a structured environment on a safety plan.

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Viatorians webpage accessed 04.23.21

Fr. William R. Leyhane

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused publicly in 10/19 of sexually abusing an eighth-grade boy at St. Ethelreda in 1971. His accuser, a diocesan deacon in 2019, said he had an after-school job in the rectory and the abuse happened a few times. He came forward to the archdiocese in 2001. The archdiocese's review board found that the abuse was "possible." Leyhane died in 8/82, at age 86.

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Chicago Tribune 10.07.19

Fr. William L. Lupo

Ordained: 1965
Status: Accused

Died: 04/30/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Alleged in the early 1990s to have had inappropriate relationships with three teenage girls 1979-1986 while assigned to St. Mary's Parish in Des Plaines. He denied the charges. After treatment and evaluation by the archdiocese's Fitness Review Board he was allowed restricted ministry at St. Damian Peter. There he was to be monitored by a retired priest and was never to be in the presence of minors without another adult present. Restrictions were lifted in 1995, but back in place in 1998. New investigation late 2001 after a woman claimed a sexual relationship with Lupo in 1984 when she was age 23. He denied it, saying he only gave her "slight pecks on the cheek." Resigned from the priesthood 12/02, writing to Cardinal George that he feared continuing to fight the allegations would harm his health. Laicized in 12/14. Died in 4/21.

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Fr. Norbert J. Maday

Ordained: 1964
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Arrested in 1993. Convicted in 1994 for assault of two boys. Sentenced to 20 years. Sued. Included in 10/03 settlement. Second suit 5/06. At least one claim included in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people claiming abuse by 12 priests; One claim included in 8/08 $12.7M settlement involving 11 priests and 16 plaintiffs. Laicized 12/07. New settlement 7/09. Spent 9 months in secure treatment facility in WI, 2/12 as violent sexual predator; released 8/13. Personnel file released 1/14. New suit 1/14. New suit 9/16 claiming abuse over two years starting 1979 of 10-year-old boy. Last known to be living in WI. Registered sex offender. Settlement in 6/21 with two men alleging abuse beginning age 10 at St. Bede's on the South Side.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Edward J. Maloney

Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 06/11/2018
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Retired in 1999. Removed from active ministry in 5/09 after allegations in 2007 and 2008 that he sexually abused two minor boys while assigned to St. Mark's parish in Chicago. Accusers did not want to testify before review board because they were afraid Maloney would sue them; they went ahead and testified in 2009. Review board found allegations credible. Matter referred to the Vatican for further action. Died in 6/18.

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Fr. Robert E. Mayer

Ordained: 1964
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Civil suit filed in 1982 alleged he exposed himself to several boys. Settled; no criminal charges. Convicted 1992 of abuse of girl, age 13. Sentenced to 3 years in jail. Resigned 1/94. New civil suit filed 6/06 by 4 men alleging abuse when they were young. Archdiocese settled at least one claim in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. At least 1 claim included in 8/08 $12.7M settlement involving 11 priests and 16 plaintiffs. Laicized 7/10. Personnel file released 1/14. Died in 10/19, per the archdiocese's list updated in 6/21.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Vincent McCaffrey

Ordained: 1978
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed in 1991 after claims of abuse of minors. Resigned in 12/93. Convicted on child porn charges in 2002; 20-year sentence. Civil suit filed in 9/02. Four claims settled in 7/03. At least one claim in 10/05 settlement with Archdiocese. Admitted under oath to abuse of as many as 40 young boys. Sued in 5/06 by for abuse 1982-86 of boy, ages 8-12. At least one claim in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. Laicized in 7/10. Personnel file released 1in /14. Released early from prison on 7/19/19.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Daniel McCarthy

Ordained: 1967
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Retired. Pastor emeritus of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity when suspended in 10/20 due an allegation he sexually abused a child while assigned to Angel Guardian Orphanage 1967-74. In 6/21 Cardinal Cupich announced that, per the Archdiocesan Review Board, there was "insufficient reason to suspect" McCarthy was guilty, and that McCarthy would be reinstated.

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Fr. David F. McCarthy

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 02/28/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province list on its list 12/17/18. Multiple allegations of abuse, occurring while assigned to Holy Family Parish in Chicago, 1963-78. Died 2/28/99.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Jesuits Midwest Province List 12.17.18

Br. Christopher J. McCartney

Order: OSA
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

One man filed civil suit against Archdiocese and Archbishop George 8/12 alleging that he was sexually attacked by McCartney at St Rita of Cascia High School (all boys) in late 1970s. McCartney was Dean of Men, Vocations Director and Mission Director at S

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Chicago Tribune 08.21.12

Fr. Daniel J. McCormack

Ordained: 1994
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abusing a boy as seminarian in Mexico. Accused in 10/99 of abuse of altar boy. Archdiocese ignored a 9/5/03 warning that there were boys in the rectory. Arrested 8/30/05. Assigned as dean 9/1/05. Arrested 1/20/06; removed. Pleaded guilty 7/2/07 to abuse of 5 boys at St. Agatha's in Chicago, some after first arrest; 5-year sentence. At least 23 accusers. Multiple settlements, over $12M. Laicized in 11/07. Settlements 11/11, 1/14, 3/14, over $4M. More accusers in 2010-14 suits. $2.7M to 2 brothers in 1/17. Paroled in 2009; ruled danger to public, sent to state mental health facility. Arrested 5/21/14 for 2005 abuse of a 10-year-old. Pleaded not guilty. Charges dropped in 2/16. Suit filed 3/25/16 for abuse of a boy 2003-04; settled 4/20/17. Suit 10/16 claimed abuse of a boy 2002-05, beginning age 10. $2.3M settlement in 1/17. Settled with 3 for $3.15M 3/17/17. Suit 6/15/17. In 9/17 ruled sexually violent. Suit filed in 10/17. Fraudulent claim found in 2015, withdrawn in 2017; claimant fined $60K. McCormack was committed to a sex offender facility in 7/18. Settlement in 9/18 for $2.9M. Another in 12/20 for $1.5M. In 5/21 a court overturned judge's ruling which lead to commitment to detention facility; released in 10/7/21. Reportedly living in the Near North neighborhood. Settlement of $1.2M in 5/22 to man claiming abuse at age 12 at St. Agatha's in 2005.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Robert Joseph McDonald

Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as accused in Chicago archdiocesan report of 3/20/06. At least one allegation substantiated by Archdiocesan Review Board. Limited ministry with restrictions and monitoring 5/87. Resigned 6/90. Laicized 12/16.

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Fr. William M. McFarlane

Ordained: 2005
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed from active ministry in 7/19 after the archdiocese was informed by the Dept. of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the Cook County state's attorney's office of an allegation of sex abuse by McFarlane, occurring in 1997. The allegations were deemd "unfounded" by DCFS and "unmerited" by the archdiocesan review board. McFarlane was reinstated. Per DCFS, they could not investigate because McFarlane's accuser is no longer a minor and that the term "unfounded does not reflect the validity of allegations."

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Associated Press via WGN TV 07.14.19
Chicago Sun Times 11.03.19

Fr. Donald J. McGuire

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1961
Status: Convicted

Died: 01/13/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Prominent scholar/teacher, Mother Theresa's spiritual advisor. Complaints began in early 1960s. Three men alleged abuse on trips to WI in 1967 and '68, when he was their teacher at Loyola Academy in Wilmette IL. Convicted in WI in 2006 of indecent behavior with a child; sentenced to 7 years' prison. Convicted in 2008 on federal charges of taking a teen outside of the US and across state lines for sex; received 25-year sentence. Per federal authorities, sexually abused teen boys and young men through the 1990s until 2003. Jesuits settled for $19.6M with 6 men alleging abuse by McGuire 1975- early 2000s. Laicized 2008. Died in federal prison 1/13/17. On the Jesuits West list 12/7/18. On the Midwest Province list 12/17/18. Suit filed in CA in 12/19 by a man claiming abuse by McGuire for 40 years, beginning when he was age 11 in in 1970 in Chicago. McGuire had the boy "assist" him, live with him and accompany him on trips throughout the U.S. and abroad. On Stockton's list 11/12/20.

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Fr. James P. McIlhone

Ordained: 1974
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Retired and living at St. Edward's in Chicago in 1/22 when the archdiocese received an allegation that McIlhone sexually abused a minor in the 1980s, while assigned to Santa Maria del Poplo in Mundelein. McIlhone was suspended and asked to move away from the parish pending investigation of the allegation.

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Fr. Peter John McNamara

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Ordained: 1970
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Resigned in 8/71. Laicized in 11/72. Newly identified as accused in Archdiocesan Report 3/20/06. Archdiocese settled at least one claim in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people claiming abuse by 12 priests. Whereabouts unknown in 5/07.

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Fr. Gary M. Miller

Ordained: 1972
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

The archdiocese announced on 7/15/12 a recent allegation against Miller of sexual misconduct with a minor while at St. Leonard's Parish in Berwyn over 30 years prior. He voluntarily stepped aside from St. Bernadette in Evergreen Park while investigated by the archdiocese and police. Review board found allegations credible; resigned 9/23/12 from position at St. Bernadette, privileges were removed and archdiocese sent report to Vatican. Agreed to be part of Prayer and Penance program. Documents released by archdiocese 11/14 show that Miller was frequently warned about sexual misconduct. Died in 1/21.

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Miller Personnel File

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Fr. Phillip T. Mooney

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1957
Status: Accused

Died: 03/19/2017
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18. It notes a single allegation of abuse, occurring while assigned to Holy Family Parish 1953-54. Mooney was dismissed 11/7/89. He died 3/19/17, at age 90.

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Jesuits Midwest Assignment Record

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Fr. Charles A. Mrowinski

Order: CR
Ordained: 1955
Status: Accused

Died: 09/27/2008
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in 2013 of abuse occurring in 1984 in the Archdiocese of Chicago, where he was pastor 1982-1986 of St. Hedwig's. His order deemed the allegations credible. Included in 4/21 on the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list of accused, where he was pastor 1964-1971 of Sacred Heart in Salem, MO. Mrowinski died in 2008.

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Fr. Donald John Mulsoff

Ordained: 1969
Status: Accused

Died: 11/3/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed in 5/02 after a man reported that Mulsoff fondled him at age 10 once during his assignment at St. Catherine of Alexandria in Oak Lawn sometime in the late1960s or early 1970s. The man had first reported the abuse anonymously in 1992 and was told that Mulsoff was being monitored. Second complaint also received. Permanently removed from ministry in 9/05. Died in 11/05

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Fr. Octavio Munoz Capetillo

Ordained: 2004
Status: Charged

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

From Mexico. Director 2009-2015 of Casa Jesus, a program to recruit young men from Latin America to the priesthood. Was new pastor of St. Pancratius in Brighton Park when removed 7/27/15, pending investigation of "sexual images and material" on his computer. Archd. waited over a week before notifying police, and did its own investigation. Sent to St. Luke's in MD for rehab. Arrested 9/16, charged with one felony count of child pornography. Video of pre-pubescent boys doing sex acts found; also child-sized underwear, written child erotica and magazines showing young boys.

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Fr. John Daniel Murphy

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Order: OSA
Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

At least six plaintiffs filed suits in 2003 accusing Murphy of abuse. Settlement with 13 plaintiffs in 2004. Order knew of abuse of at least one by 1981. Resigned from Order in 1993. Named in a 1/06 class action suit. Named in new suit filed in 3/08 by a man who alleged Murphy and music director, Br. Mark Thedens, abused him 1976-79.

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Br. John E Murphy

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Murphy was listed as a 'former' brother as of 6/11/14. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Murphy in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested.

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Edmund Rice Christian Brothers List 06.11.14

Br. Thomas Ignatius Murphy

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Order: CFC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Listed by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers in 2014 as accused by at least two persons in claims settled in bankruptcy proceedings. Murphy is deceased. The Christian Brothers did not provide assignment information; until we are able to establish assignments and location of the alleged abuse, we have placed Murphy in the Archdiocese of Chicago. The Christian Brothers state that the merits of most of the claims settled in the bankruptcy were not tested. On the Diocese of Peoria's list by 1/20.

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Br. Walter D. Neary

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Included on the order's list of former and deceased brothers with at least two claims of sexual abuse against them, as required by its bankruptcy settlement in 2014. Neary was accused of sexually abusing at least two students at Brother Rice High School in the 1960s. Deceased.

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Irish Christian Brothers List 05.30.14
Jeff Anderson and Associates Report accessed 05.11.20

Fr. William John O’Brien

Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Sued in 4/06 by two alleged victims. Removed from public ministry in 6/05. Reportedly laicized in 7/06. Archdiocese settled at least one claim in a 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. Laicization information not on archdiocesan list until after 8/09.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Michael W. O’Connell

Ordained: 1983
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Suspended in 12/13 from St. Alphonsus Parish after the Archdiocese received an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a minor at Our Lady of the Woods in Orland Park nearly 20 years prior. Allegations reported to Child and Family Services and Cook County DA. On 4/15/14, Cook County Sheriff's Dept deemed the allegation unfounded. Archdiocese also said it found no reason to suspect that the abuse occurred and that O'Connell would be reinstated to St. Alphonsus. New allegation received in about 4/18/14 claimed abuse of a different boy in in the 1990s at the same parish. Police reopened the investigation; O'Connell had yet to be removed for a second time. He was to avoid the parish school and not be alone with a child.

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Br. Jack O’Dell

Order: CSV
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in a civil suit filed in 1996 of abuse of a youth at St. Viator High School 1980-84 and for four years after the boy graduated. Suit dismissed by court on SOL. A second man came forward in 2002 alleging abuse as a minor in about 1974. The order said in 2003 that it could not substantiate the allegations. Order settled with this man in 2005. O'Dell died in 9/1998.

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Chicago Tribune 09.22.88

Fr. Thomas O’Gorman

Ordained: 1977
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse of a minor and placed on leave in 8/92. Police investigated but no charges filed. "Officially resigned" from priesthood in 1994. In 2004 it was learned that O'Gorman was working as a speechwriter for husband of Anne Burke, head of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' oversight board on sex abuse.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Patrick G. O’Leary

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed in 8/92 after archdiocese decided he was exhibiting "a pattern of inappropriate behavior" that made him possibly of risk to children. Native of Ireland, ordained in Spain. Extern priest. It is believed he was recalled to Spain.

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Fr. Donald J. O’Shaughnessy

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Died: 07/8/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed in 2004 after credible allegations of sex abuse while assigned to Loyola Academy in Wilmette; worked there almost continually 1958-92. The Jesuits' Chicago-Detroit (Midwest) Province settled in 2013 for $750K with a man alleging O'Shaughnessy abused him 1977-79 at the school. O'Shaughnessy was the boy's advisor and reportedly pulled him out of class daily. Died 7/8//13, age 89. Settlement announced in 2015 for $950K with another former Loyola student. Also worked in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Milford OH, Indianapolis IN, Oakland CA, and Clarkston MI. Settlement with another former Loyola Academy student for $925K announced 5/17. On Indianapolis archdiocese's list 10/12/18. On Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/18.

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Fr. Paul L. O’Toole

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Ordained: 1967
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

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 the abuse was continued until age 19 by Revs. John F. Rohrich and Howard Strum. Abuse was first reported to the archdiocese in early 1990s but nothing done. O'Toole reportedly left the priesthood to marry.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. John Baptist Ormechea

Order: CP
Ordained: 1965
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed from ministry in Louisville, KY in 12/02 after allegations by four people of abuse in Chicago 1978-81. Accused by a fifth person in a 2003 lawsuit of molesting him as a boy in Chicago in 1983. Per the lawsuit, the boy told his parents about the abuse in 1993, and they met with the Passionists' provincial, who said Ormechea had been removed in 1988 after another allegation. They said the provincial decided the boy was abused by a priest, but not Ormechea. Sent to Rome in 2003 to work in the Passionists' archives. On the Louisville archdiocese's list in 2/19. In 3/21 Ormechea remained in Rome, and was still a priest.

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Fr. Joseph Owens

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Ordained: 1965
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified in Archdiocesan Report 3/20/06 as a priest with a substantiated allegation. Resigned 4/70; laicized 4/71. Accused of abuse at St. Philomena in 1969. At least 1 claim included in 8/08 $12.7M settlement involving 11 priests and 16 plaintiffs.

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Br. Frank Paduch

Order: OSA
Ordained: 1989
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Augustinian brother serving as religion instructor and coach when he allegedly abused a freshman boy at St. Rita H.S. in Chicago in 1980-81. In 1988 he was assigned to St. Charles Borromeo in Nederland, TX. Ordained for Beaumont TX diocese 1989. Civil suit filed 1997 in IL; settled around 1999. Left Beaumont in 2000. Several complaints received there. Faculties revoked 10/01. At least four known accusers. Began working for city of Berwyn, IL in 2005. Placed on leave from city job 1/15/10. Laicized 1/05. On Beaumont diocese's list 6/11/19.

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Fr. Emmanuel Pallikunnen

Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Extern priest from India. Member of (Indian) Vincentian of Syro-Malabar Rite of Kerala Province. Arrived in Chicago in 1955 to study education. Worked in seven parishes until 6/66. Accused by at least one woman of abuse when she was a child in 1966 and he was at St. Mary's in Buffalo Grove. Died 02/17/78 in India. Personnel file is one of 30 files of priests credibly accused of sexually abusing minors produced by Archdiocese in 1/14 and released by plaintiffs' counsel.

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Fr. Eusebio Pantoja Segura

Order: CMF
Ordained: 1969
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Ordained in Mexico. Left the Claretians in 1973. After working in Chicago, Pantoja had assignments in NJ and TX, then spent nearly a decade working as priest in Mexico. Placed on leave by Diocese of Claya in 2004 after suit filed. Accused of abuse of a 14-year-old youth in the 1970s at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Chicago. Suit settled. Added to Chicago archdiocese's list 11/28/18. On Corpus Christ diocese's list 1/31/19. On San Antonio's list 1/31/19. Accused in 2002 of abuse of two children in the archdiocese in the early 1970s.

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Fr. Thomas Paramo

Order: CMF
Ordained: 1956
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

A woman filed suit in 5/05 against the Claretians, alleging they protected Paramo after he abused her when she was ages 11-15, beginning in 1966. Paramo was assigned to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Chicago at the time of the alleged abuse. Paramo died in a nursing home in 2004; the woman had confronted him there before his death. Civil suit settled. A second accuser reportedly also contacted the plaintiff's attorney.

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Fr. Carlos Peralta

Order: SDB
Ordained: 1989
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Sued. Peralta had a history of allegations of sexual misconduct beginning in Seminary in Chile in 1980s. Other allegations in Guatemala and Peru; Order transferred him to Chicago. There he was accused of abusing several children in one family in 1999. Order transferred him before any investigation could begin, first to NJ to monitored residence and then to his home province. In 2004 he was working as priest in Mexico. Laicized in 2006, per the Salesians list of accused in 3/20.

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Salesians List 03.31.20

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Fr. Michael L. Pfleger

Ordained: 1975
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Pastor of St. Sabina's on Chicago's south side from 1981. Prominent anti-violence and social justice advocate. Suspended in 1/21, accused of abusing a boy 40 years prior. The accuser's brother soon also said the priest abused him as a boy. The brothers said the abuse occurred for years, starting when they were ages 12 and 13 in the 1970s and Pleger was a seminarian and their choir director at Precious Blood parish. In 3/21 a third man said Pfleger made an unwanted sexual advance toward him when the man was 18 in 1979. Pfleger "strongly denied" all accusations. Pfleger wrote to the Auburn Gresham community that he would "seek other ways...to minister" to them. In 3/21 a fourth person reportedly may have come forward. Reinstated after the Review Board said in 5/21 there was "insufficient reason to suspect.... Pfleger is guilty... ."

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Seminarian Kevin Phan

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Order: SVD
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Native of Vietnam. Student at the Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic missionary organization. Charged with having 300 images of child pornography on his computer and posting 30 of them on the Internet. Expelled from the Seminary after charges filed. Pled guilty 12/04 to 1 count; balance of charges dropped.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Chicago Tribune 03.13.04
Chicago Sun-Times 03.14.04
Northbrook Star 12.23.04
Phan v Leis, C-050842, Court of Appeals Ohio 11.09.06

Fr. Sleeva Raju Policetti

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Ordained: 1987
Status: Arrested

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Native of India, working in Chicago beginnng 1986. Fled US in 2002 after report to Archdiocese that he was having an "inappropriate relationship" with 16-year-old girl. Warrant issued 5/02. Laicized 2008. Arrested in India 6/03; extradition pending in 3/12. Girl's attorney indicated she might not want to pursue criminal charges. Chicago to drop plans to extradite as of 5/1/12. Archdiocese previously reached out-of-court settlement with the accuser. Laicized by Vatican in 2008.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. Chester Przybylo

Ordained: 1976
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Ordained in Poland. Worked in Syracuse NY, Allentown PA, and Chicago. Removed from public mistry 1993. Sued in Chicago 2006; accused of abuse of boy ages 13-17 in 1987-91. Auxiliary bishop allegedly was told at the time and rebuffed victim. Przybylo filed suit 3/20/07 against plaintiff, SNAP and BA.org alleging defamation of character. Diocese settled 12/08 with plaintiff for $1.375M. Priest very upset re settlement; he denied all allegations. Chicago said never part of diocese. Court dismissed suit against him 12/09. He filed suit against plaintiff 1/10. Added to Chicago archdiocese's list 11/28/18.

Fr. Konstanty Przybylski

Ordained: 1975
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Ordained in Poland. Worked as priest in Chicago area between 1980 and 1988. Transferred to Canada . Pled guilty 2/06 and sentenced 7/4/06 to five years in prison for sexual assault and sexual exploitation of two teenage boys in the Port Dover area between 1995 and 2000. Some of the abuse occurred when he took both boys on trips to Chicago and Europe. Later laicized. May have retured to Chicago area after release from Canadian prison. Both plaintiffs filed civil suits in 2006.

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Fr. James M. Ray

Ordained: 1975
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Multiple allegations. Accused in 1990 of abusing a boy while assigned to St. Peter Damian parish 1984-89. Removed from parish work in 1991. Allowed to live 2000-02 at an Augustinian Friary in Hyde Park, near a day care center and a Catholic grade school. Removed from job in Office of Health and Hospital Affairs in 6/02. Permanently removed from active ministry 9/05. Resigned 3/09. Laicized 1/12. Claim 1/14 of abuse of boy in Wauconda 1989-91. Accusations of abuse of 3 others received 2009 and 2013. Per documents released 11/14 he was accused of sexually attacking 2 boys, starting when they were ages 10 and 11, while assigned to St. Anastasia in Waukegan 1975-82. In 2008 was living with 8 other accused priests at Stritch Retreat House in Mundelein. Laicized in 2012. Suit in 2020 alleged abuse and sexual torture 1983-87 of a boy while assigned to St. Peter Damian.

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Fr. M. Lawrence Reuter

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

President of Loyola Academy 1975-90. Removed from active ministry in 2010 after admitting to an "inappropriate relationship" with a senior at the school after the boy turned 18. Settlement in 1990s. A second man came forward in 2010, alleging abuse at Loyola Academy as a student in the late 1980s. On the Jesuits Midwest Province list 12/17/18. It noted that he was living in a Jesuit Community 2010- to the present.

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Br. Paul F. Reycraft

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

One of 10 religious brothers and two laymen accused by more than 30 men in a 5/13 civil suit claiming abuse at three Chicago schools run by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers' (Irish Christian Brothers) North American Province. Order agreed to $16.5M settlement with 400 plaintiffs in 5/13 with claims of abuse by multiple priests and brothers. Included on the order's list of former and deceased brothers with at least two claims of sexual abuse against them, as required by its bankruptcy settlement in 2014.

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Fr. John Allen Robinson

Ordained: 1971
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Associate pastor of Queen of Rosary parish in Elk Grove Village 1994-2003. Removed from public ministry in 1/03 after a summer 2002 accusation that he had been involved in sexual misconduct with a teenage boy in the late 1970s while assigned to St. Priscilla's in Chicago. Included in a 10/05 settlement with the Archdiocese involving multiple plaintiffs and 14 priests. Permanently removed from public ministry in 9/05. Died in 3/16, per archdiocese's 11/28/18 updated list.

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Robinson Personnel File

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Fr. John F. Rohrich

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Ordained: 1965
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Resigned in 6/75. Accused of abuse of a 16-year-old girl. Claims settled in 2004 for $125K. Victim released copies of settlement. Newly identified as abuser in Archdiocesan Report 3/20/06. Laicized 1/20/16.

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Fr. Russell Lawrence Romano

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Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Died: 02/21/2020
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as abuser in Archdiocesan Report of 3/20/06. Resigned from priesthood in 10/91. At least one claim included in 7/09 settlement involving 4 priests and 6 claims. Laicized in 5/09. In 2013, was working as a licensed counselor in Illinois for a healthcare provider. The health care provider began an investigation. Had "retired" as of 6/13. Personnel file released 01/14. Died in 2/20.

Fr. Andrew M. Ronan

Order: OSM
Ordained: 1951
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse of a seminarian in Ireland. Sent to the U.S. Accused of abuse of male high school students in Chicago in 1963-64. Sent to Portland OR; abused in the mid-1960s. Suit filed in 2002 in OR claiming abuse in 1966. Laicized in 1966. Died in 1992. Documents released by Portland AD in 11/08 (see last page). Plaintiff sued Holy See; US Sup. Court said suit could go forward in 6/10. Vatican posted some files on its website in 8/11. Judge ruled in 8/12 that Vatican not employer.

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Partial Assignment History in Vatican Archive of the Congregation for Religious

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Fr. Kenneth Charles Ruge

Ordained: 1963
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse said to have occurred prior to 1985. Received treatment and reassigned. Removed 1991. Died 5/2002. Included in 2003 settlement by Archdiocese. New suit filed 4/06 alleges abuse by Ruge and another priest. Archdiocese settled at least one claim in 5/07 $6.65M settlement with 14 people alleging abuse by 12 priests. At least 1 more claim included in 8/08 $12.7M settlement involving 11 priests. Another settlement 7/09. Personnel file released 01/14.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. Daniel Peter Ryan

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Order: CFC
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Included on the order's list of former and deceased brothers with at least two claims of sexual abuse against them, as required by its bankruptcy settlement in 2014. Referred to as Bro. D.P. Ryan in a lawsuit filed in WA State, and is included as such on the Seattle archdiocese's list 1/15/16 of credibly accused. He worked at Briscoe Memorial School in Kent WA 1949-56. In the early 1960s and mid-1970s he was in Chicago IL, on staff at Brother Rice High School and Leo High School. He was reportedly also principal of Brother Rice High School in MI in the 1960s.

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Fr. David F. Ryan

Ordained: 1979
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Pastor of St. Francis de Sales Parish and School in Lake Zurich when suspended in 11/20. Accused of sexually abusing minors about 25 years prior, while assigned to Maryville Academy in Des Plaines. Ryan began working at Maryville in 1985 and became acting executive director in 2003. Had also been director of the Catholic Children's Home in Alton. In 9/21 the archdiocese announced that Ryan was being reinstated, due to "insufficient evidence" that he abused a minor. A week later Cardinal Cupich announced that Ryan was not to return to ministry, pending the result of an investigation of new information received. In 11/21 he was again reinstated, for "insufficient reason to suspect" he had abused minors. Ryan denied ever abusing a child. In 9/22 he was suspended again after the archdiocese received two more allegations.

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Fr. Joseph E. Savage

Ordained: 1918
Status: Accused

Died: 06/22/1974
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as abuser in Chicago Archdiocesan Report 3/20/06. Forced to resign from an Illinois parish in 1936 for sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy. Accused in 2002 and 2003 of having sexually abused numerous WI children, both boys and girls, in the 1950s. His victims were said to have been between the ages of 8 and 16. Shown as absent with leave from 1938-1960 and retired as of 1960. Died 6/74.

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Fr. Daniel R. Schulte

Order: CM
Ordained: 1987
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Charged in 2006 with downloading child pornography from the internet. He had been removed from his position as hospital chaplain in 2005 and sent to St. Louis, MO for treatment. Pleaded guilty in 6/06. Sentenced to 7 years, 3 months in prison in 10/06 and ordered to register as a sex offender upon release. Remained a priest; faced possible laicization. On Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese's list updated 4/1/19. On the Vincentians list in 2020, which notes he died the same year.

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Fr. Wilton L. Skiffington

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1936
Status: Settled

Died: 09/25/1988
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in a 2003 lawsuit of abusing a boy at Loyola Academy in Wilmette in 1962. The boy's parents found a letter from Skiffington to their son in 1968 and told the archdiocese. Transferred to Los Angeles/San Diego in 1965. Died 9/25/88. Civil suit settled in 10/05. On Jesuit Midwest Province list 12/17/18. On the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 1/20.

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Fr. Raymond Francis Skriba

Ordained: 1957
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of abuse of at least two girls while assigned to St. Gertrude Parish in Franklin Park in the 1960s. Took administrative leave 6/02; removed from public ministry in 7/02, several months after review board found reasonable cause to believe the allegations were true. At least one claim included in 10/03 $8M settlement with 15 adults alleging abuse by 11 priests. Permanently removed from public ministry 9/05. Brother of Richard, also an accused abuser. Personnel files released 1/14. Died in 1/14.

Fr. Richard L. Skriba

Ordained: 1949
Status: Accused

Died: 03/11/1998
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in 7/02 of molesting a girl for several years. His alleged victim said she reported the abuse to the archdiocese in 1998 but the accusations were not made public because Skriba had died in 3/98. Brother of accused priest Raymond Skriba.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Fr. John P. Smyth

Ordained: 1962
Status: Accused

Died: 04/16/2019
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Assigned in 1962 to Maryville Academy in Des Plaines, which was a residential treatment facility for abused children; superintendent 1970-2003. Removed in 2003 after a resident's suicide and allegations of abuse among residents. President of Notre Dame College Prep in Niles 2007-14. Retired. Suspended in 1/19 after allegations of sexual abuse of two boys, ages 13 and 14, occurring in 2002-03. One of the boys reportedly came forward shortly after the alleged abuse, but no action. Smyth's lawyer said the allegations were "false." Smyth died 4/16/19. The Dept. of Children and Family Services deemed the allegations to be "unfounded," saying, in part, that Smyth's death meant he could no longer be a threat to children, so there was no reason to investigate. Suit filed in 9/19, claiming abuse of a boy at Maryville 2001-04, starting age 11.

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Fr. Marion Joseph Snieg

Ordained: 1955
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of sexual abuse of at least one boy in 1959 while at St. Jane de Chantal parish. The boy told his father who notified the archdiocese. Archdiocese reportedly said it would "take care of" Snieg. Accuser came forward again in 2001. Removed 2002. Snieg died in 6/05. At least one claim included in a 10/03 settlement involving 15 accusers and 12 priests. At least one other claim included in 10/05 settlement with Archdiocese.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Br. Ruben Soto

Order: OFM
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Soto, a Franciscan brother in training, was accused in 1995 of molesting three boys at St. Anthony's Church in Cicero. Soto told another friar who alerted authorities. Soto was arrested in 6/95. The LINKUP (survivors group) later reported that that Soto may have also abused youths in Texas.

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BA.org Assignment Record

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Chicago Tribune 06.09.95
Chicago Sun-Times 06.09.95

Fr. William J. Spine

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1973
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Worked in Peru, Brooklyn NY, Moline IL, Chicago IL, and Lexington KY. Spent time 1990-91 in Berkeley, CA. He was a teacher, parish assistant and pastor, and associate director of a diocesan hispanic ministry office. Removed from active ministry in 2/06, several months after the Jesuits received a credible allegation that Spine sexually abused a teenage boy while assigned to Peru in the mid-1970s. The boy was Spine's student.The Official Catholic Directory shows that Spine was living in Rome from 2007 to at least 2010. Included on the Jesuits Midwest Province list in 12/18. On the Diocese of Lexington's list in 8/20, where he worked 2001-06 at St. Paul's.

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Fr. James R. Steel

Ordained: 1968
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Steel left the priesthood in 5/92 and was laicized in 3/01. A man came forward in 2002 to allege abuse in 1982 when he was age 13 by Steel and Donald Ryniecki, a school principal at St. Joseph the Worker. In 11/06 the review board determined that there was reason to believe allegations credible. One claim was included in an 8/08 $12.7M settlement involving 11 priests and 16 plaintiffs. Personnel file released 1/14. Also believed to have abused the same boy in northern WI. No criminal charges were expected to be filed in WI as of 5/1/14 due to the statute of limitations.

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Fr. Robert A. Stepek

Ordained: 1981
Status: Sued

Died: 06/25/2016
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused in 5/06 of sexually abusing two brothers, ages 9 and 16, during first assignment 1981-83. He denied charges. Review Board finding of reasonable cause announced 11/4/06; permanently removed. He filed $4M defamation suit against the brothers in 11/06 and petitioned the Vatican. The brothers sued Cardinal George 12/13/06 alleging violation of confidentiality and sued Stepek on 8/29/07. Suit filed in 5/09 claimed abuse of a minor 1987. Reinstated with no assignment and limited privileges after 2013 canonical trial. Died 6/25/16.

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Fr. Victor E. Stewart

Ordained: 1978
Status: Settled

Died: 06/6/1994
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Sued. Accused of abuse of at least 22 boys. By 7/05, 14 alleged victims had settled their claims against the archdiocese for a total of $3M and settlements were pending for 8 other accusers. Died in 6/94. In 2005 several alleged victims filed a complaint accusing Chicago police of complicity in their abuse by silencing some of them when they tried to tell in the 1990s. Total of 33 claims against him by 2009. Personnel file released in 1/14.

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Fr. Ralph S. Strand

Ordained: 1964
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed from public ministry in 3/93. Convicted in 1995. Abused a boy, age 15 in 1990-92. Received a 4-year sentence after plea bargain. Two other accusers also came forward. Paroled in 4/97 after serving 21 months. Included in 10/05 settlement with Archdiocese. Last known to be living at University of St. Mary of the Lake seminary campus in Mundelein. Registered sex offender. Allowed to wear his Roman collar in public by archdiocese in 1999, after parole completed. Accompanied Cardinal George on a pilgrimage to Mexico in 2001. Died in 4/13.

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Fr. Gerald A. Streeter

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Order: SJ
Ordained: 1968
Status: Accused

Died: 10/31/1996
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18. A single allegation received after his death of abuse occurring while assigned to Loyola Academy in Wilmette 1963-64. Steeter died 10/31/96.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record 12.21.18

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Jesuits Midwest Province List 12.17.18

Fr. Walter Strus

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Ordained: 1994
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

A woman filed suit in 10/01, claiming Strus raped and impregnated her in 1999 after he persuaded her to leave Poland and follow him to the U.S. Suit dismissed and refiled in 4/02. Amended suit also accused him of sexual harassment of parishioners and of abuse of minor girls in Poland after he became a priest. Strus denied the allegation, saying the relationship was consensual. DNA tests proved he fathered her child. Second suit later dismissed on legal technicality.

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Fr. Howard J. Sturm

Ordained: 1950
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

A woman came forward in 2/06 to announce a $125K settlement with the Chicago archdiocese in 2004. She claimed she was abused as a teenager by Sturm (sometimes misspelled Strum) and two other priests in the 1960s and 1970s. Sturm is deceased.

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Fr. Lawrence J. Sullivan

Ordained: 1992
Status: Reinstated

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Suspended in 4/21 pending investigation of an allegation recently received by the archdiocese that Sullivan sexually abused a minor in 1984, at age 18, just before entering seminary. Sullivan admitted to making "unwelcome verbal comments" to a girl, but denied "physical interaction." His accuser said that Sullivan and another man followed her to an alley outside of the restaurant where she was working, then "attacked" her and "the intent was to sexually assault me." She said Sullivan said, "Come on baby, let's have some fun" and that she fought them off and police were called. Reinstated in 5/21 after the archdiocese determined that it could not substantiate the allegation.

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Fr. Thomas J. Swade

Ordained: 1961
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Removed from public ministry in 1992 after accused of improperly touching a 14-year-old boy years prior. Five other accusers also came forward. Sent to treatment for 4 years. In 1997 Archdiocese wanted to have him live in parish and assist with duties but parishioners protested and idea nixed. Continued working in administrative position for Archdiocese until removed in 6/02. Church trial underway 12/04. Included in 10/05 settlement with Archdiocese. Laicized 10/09.

Fr. Henry Peter Swider

Ordained: 1950
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as abuser in 3/20/06 archdiocesan report. Left active ministry in 1/69. Resigned in 2/74. Died in 8/07 per undated list of credibly accused priests posted on the Archdiocese of Chicago website.

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Fr. Albert Tanghal Rimando

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Ordained: 1991
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Philippines native. Newly identified as abuser in Chicago Archdiocesan Report of 3/20/06. Suspended from active ministry 5/00. Killed by suspected robbers while in Philippines 12/03. No information on when allegations were made but apparently he had an opportunity to respond prior to his death since his name was included on the 3/06 list. One article on his death referred to him as a former priest of Chicago Archdiocese.

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Br. Mark E. Thedens

Order: OSA
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Lawuit filed in 3/08 by a man who alleged that Thedens, a former music director, and Fr. John D. Murphy abused him 1976-79. Reportedly there have been other reports of abuse by Thedsen, most of which were settled. Thedens died in 2/03.

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Obituary from website of Augustinian Order accessed 8.16.09

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Fr. Richard Gregory Theisen

Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Died: 01/21/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Resigned in 5/98. Went on to marry. Laicized in 4/01. Name appears on Archdiocesan list of priests with credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors at some point after 9/15/08. Report made in 2003 of sexual "misconduct" with a 15- to 17-year-old girl 1962-65. Thiesen died 1/21/13.

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Theisen Personnel File

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Chicago Archdiocesan Report 01.14.10

Fr. Joseph Stephen Thomas

Ordained: 1952
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Retired in 1997. Removed from public ministry 10/02 after accusations of sexual misconduct with a pre-teen boy more than 15 years previously while assigned to St. Margaret Mary parish in Rogers Park. Review board found reasonable cause to sustain the allegations and Cardinal George placed Thomas in a "monitored and restricted" setting where he would not be alone with minors. Review board still investigating as of 9/05. Name not on 3/06 list of priests with verified accusations but is on 9/15/08 list. Died 8/11.

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Thomas Personnel File

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Br. Michael Trujillo

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Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

One of 10 brothers and two laymen accused by more than 30 men in a 5/13 civil case of abuse as minors at three Chicago schools run by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North American Province. Order agreed to massive $16.5M settlement with 400 plaintiffs with claims of abuse by multiple order priests and brothers in 5/13. Unclear if the order has substantiated any of the allegations against the eight newly-accused brothers, including Trujillo.

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Chicago Tribune 05.24.13

Fr. Walter Joseph Turlo

Ordained: 1970
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Resigned from parish and placed on leave in 6/05 after allegations of inappropriate behavior with a minor at St. William's Church in Chicago about 30 years previously. Laicized in 10/09 per Chicago archdiocesan report accessed 1/14/10. Lawsuit filed 6/8/17 alleging sex abuse of a boy, ages 9-10, in the late 1970s. Found by news outlet in 10/18 living around the corner from a grade school in Lyons.

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Fr. David Tushar

Order: CSC
Ordained: 1976
Status: Accused

Died: 12/23/2021
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Tushar was placed on leave from ministry in the Diocese of Duluth in 7/19 after allegations of abuse dating to 1978-79, when he was a Holy Cross Father and school teacher in Niles IL. He was in the Duluth area from 1985 and incardinated there in 1988. The allegations were deemed credible. Permanently removed by the diocese in 2020. Name included on the Holy Cross Fathers list of accused in 10/20. Added to the Duluth diocese's list in 1/21. Tushar died 12/23/21 in Las Vegas NV, where he had been living.

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Fr. Donald Francis Ulatowski

Ordained: 1956
Status: Accused

Died: 06/30/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as abuser in Chicago Archdiocesan Report 3/20/06. Died in 6/99. Personnel file released in 1/14. Documents show Ulatowski would take 2-3 boys at a time to his cottage in Wisconsin and abuse them. Later in his career, he was placed on restricted ministry and ordered not to be alone with children.

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Fr. Anthony Joseph Vader

Ordained: 1952
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Allegations received in Fall 2002. Placed on leave in 2/03 after allegations that he abused minor females more than 40 years before at Holy Cross parish (1st assignment). Resided in a "monitored and restricted setting" after Archdiocese permanently removed his privileges in 9/05. Vatican agreed but did not laicize him. Name included on 6/03 list of 23 priests whom Archdiocese confirmed had credible accusations against them of sexual abuse of a minor. Two women filed civil suit in 5/09 after futile mediation. Died in 7/11.

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Fr. David H. Verhalen

Order: CSC
Ordained: 1954
Status: Accused

Died: 09/11/2012
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by his order on its list 6/12/19. It notes an allegation in 2007 of abuse in IL in the 1970, and that he was permanently removed from ministry in 2001. Died 9/11/12.

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Congregation of Holy Cross Obituary 09.12.12

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Fr. Clovis Vilchez Parra

Ordained: 2012
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Peru native. Arrived in U.S. in 2007, ordained in 2012. Assigned to Our Lady of Mercy in Chicago, then associate pastor of Mission San Juan Diego Catholic Church in Arlington Heights. Charged 2/24/15 with felony possession and reproduction of child pornography. Removed from ministry pending outcome. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced in 4/17 to four years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender. Given 460 days credit for time served on electric monitoring. Laicized in 5/19.

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Br. Phillip Vorlick

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

One of ten brothers and two laymen accused by more than 30 men in a 5/13 civil case of abuse at three Chicago schools run by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North American Province. Order agreed to massive $16.5M settlement in 5/13 with 400 plaintiffs claiming abuse by multiple order priests and brothers. Unclear if the order has substantiated any of the allegations against the eight newly-accused brothers, including Vorlick.

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Chicago Tribue 05.24.13

Br. Karl J. Walczak

Order: CFC
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Principal of Damien High School in Honolulu for 10 years. President of Brother Rice High in Chicago for 12 years. Also worked in California. Appointed principal of O'Dea High School in Seattle in 2011. Took leave in 8/12 to assist in resolving Order's bankruptcy in New York. A man filed a claim in the bankruptcy case alleging that he was abused by Walczak in 1970-71 when he was a freshman at Br. Rice in Chicago. Walczak resigned 10/31/12. Denied abuse.

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Fr. Michael Howard Weston

Ordained: 1973
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Newly identified as abuser in Chicago Archdiocesan Report of 3/23/06. Resigned in 9/93. Laicized in 10/09. Personnel file released in 1/14 shows he was working in Chicago in the 1970s when at least one allegation was received; no action by Archdiocese. In 2003, Review Board found allegations credible. Later worked as chaplain for Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley College. Subject of settlement(s), per Attorney Garabedian in 4/22.

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Fr. Wayne E. Wigglesworth

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Order: SSJ
Ordained: 2022
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Worked in the Baltimore area 1960s-1980s. Met his wife when she was teenager at church. Married her when her family learned she was pregnant at 19. She found child porn on computer in 2007 and left him. He would visit her in rehab center (auto accident). Police warned him after he made improper calls to a 9-year-old boy he met there. Arrested in 8/09 in Chicago after caught in a car with a 15-year-old boy he met online. More child porn found. Pled guilty in 1/11. Sentenced in 8/12 to 10 years prison and 10 years probation.

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Fr. Joseph Wilk

Ordained: 1981
Status: Sued

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Recalled from sabbatical in 2007 to assume new post. Left priesthood in 9/10. Named as abuser in civil suit filed 5/13. Accused of abusing one youth at St. Matthew Church in Schaumburg beginning in 1995 when the boy was 10 and continuing for 8 years. Would allegedly give the boy alcohol and occasionally money. Accuser's father told Archdiocese in 2010 but nothing done. In 2/14, Archdiocese added Wilk's name to their public list of priests with credible allegations of abuse. As of 7/24/14, the Archdiocese of Chicago said it had reinstated him as a priest in good standing after new information found relating to allegations against him. No announcement made as to status of civil case against him except that the civil case still existed and active in the courts.

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Fr. Stanley T. Wisniewski

Order: SJ
Ordained: 1964
Status: Accused

Died: 06/27/2005
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/18. It notes a single allegation, of abuse occurring in 1966 at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. Died 6/27/05. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list list in 1/20 of those against whom there are substantiated allegations.

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Jesuits Midwest Province Assignment Record

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Deacon Louis Wojtowicz

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Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Ordained a deacon 4/19/97. Removed from public ministry 7/99. Dismissed from Mundelein Seminary 2/000. Died 4/13. Added to the archdiocese's list 11/29/18 of clergy with substantiated allegations against them of child sexual abuse.

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Chicago Catholic 11.30.18

Fr. Michael T. Yakaitis

Ordained: 1978
Status: Accused

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Accused of an abusive relationship with an 18-year-old student at Niles College in the early 1990s over a one-year period. Victim complained to officials two years later. Yakaitis admitted the relationship and was sent for therapy. In 2002, the victim discovered that Yakaitis was still an active priest at the University of Chicago and went public with his allegations. Yakaitis resigned from his position. Died in FL in 5/10.

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