ROCKFORD (IL)
Rockford Register Star
By Edith C. Webster
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
ROCKFORD A Rockford man who says a now-deceased priest abused him when he was 13 years old filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Catholic Diocese of Rockford.
In a suit seeking damages in excess of $50,000, Donald Bondick says he was repeatedly abused by the Rev. Ted Feeley.
The abuse allegedly took place in 1969, when Feeley was a priest at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Rockford.
He was a friend, a mentor and someone I looked up to, the retired postal worker said. I kept silent for 33 years. After depression, suicide attempts and addictions its a hard road.
The lawsuit is new, but the allegations were made public in 2002, when St. Anthony parishioners were told about claims against Feeley made by two men.