CAMBRIDGE (IL)
Peoria Journal Star
Saturday, December 11, 2004
CAMBRIDGE - A former priest with the Catholic Diocese of Peoria is in the Henry County Jail awaiting extradition to Wisconsin where he faces charges he sexually abused a Cambridge altar boy during trips to the state 25 years ago.
Francis Engels, 68, served as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Annawan before stepping down in 1993 amid allegations of sexual molestation from several former parishioners. He also had responsibility for St. Mary's Mission in Hooppole.
Engels was arrested Wednesday night in Henry County after Milwaukee County, Wis., issued a second-degree sexual assault warrant for him on Tuesday, the clerk's office confirmed. An extradition hearing will be held Monday in Henry County Circuit Court.
The charge relates to trips Engels allegedly took to Wisconsin in the 1980s with Dan Koenigs, who was an altar boy. Earlier this year, Koenigs, now 37 and living in Chicago, sued the Catholic Diocese of Peoria
Posted by kshaw at December 11, 2004 03:30 PM