PEORIA (IL)
WEEK
Posted April 18, 2005 3:52pm
A defrocked priest from the Peoria Catholic Diocese has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual abuse of a minor.
69-year old Francis Engels was in Milwaukee County Court on Friday.
According to court records, Engels took a boy from Central Illinois to a hotel room in Milwaukee in 1983 and abused him.
The victim is now 37 and settled a lawsuit against the Peoria Diocese earlier this month.