PEORIA (IL)
Chicago Tribune
Published December 1, 2005
Nine new sexual abuse lawsuits have been filed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria for incidents of abuse that allegedly took place up to five decades ago involving five priests and one Franciscan nun.
In the lawsuits, filed Wednesday in Peoria County Circuit Court, alleged victims accuse diocesan priests Revs. Walter Breuning, Norman Goodman, Edward Bush and Louis Condon of making unwanted sexual advances toward them when they were minors.
Rev. Toussaint J. Perron, a member of the Missionaries of Africa religious order, was also named in a suit, as well as a Franciscan nun, Sister Mary Jane.