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| Chicago Clergymen Named in New Archdiocese Documents
Chicago Tribune
January 21, 2014
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-priest-sex-abuse-bios-20140121,0,3268845.htmlstory
Details on the 30 clergymen tied to the thousands of pages of documents released Jan. 21 as part of a court settlement that provide an unprecedented look at how the Archdiocese of Chicago failed to protect children from abusive priests. Read more
Joseph R. Bennett:
Deceased. Affiliated with Holy Ghost Catholic Church in South Holland; St. John de la Salle, Our Lady of Fatima, St. Christina and St. Agnes in Chicago; and Our Lady of the Ridge in Chicago Ridge. Removed him from Holy Ghost in January 2006.
Robert C. Becker:
Deceased. Was among 11 priests named in a $8 million settlement with sexual abuse victims announced by the archdiocese in August 2008.
Tribune coverage: Oct. 3. 2003
Kenneth Brigham:
No information available.
William J. Cloutier:
Affiliated with St. Damien Church in Oak Forest and St. Peter Church in Skokie. Placed on administrative leave in September 1991 while at St. Peter. Was among the current or former priests named in an $8 million settlement with sexual abuse victims announced by the archdiocese in October 2003.
Tribune coverage: Oct. 3. 2003
Robert Craig:
Of Lake Villa. Was named in a series of settlements with the archdiocese and a dozen current and former priests, reached since March 2006 and totaling more than $6.65 million.
Tribune coverage: May 30, 2007
John W. Curran:
Deceased. Affiliated with St. Christina’s Church in Chicago, St. Bede the Venerable in Chicago, Quigley Preparatory in Chicago, St. Catherine of Siena Oak Park, St. Albert the Great in Burbank and St. Joseph’s in Homewood.
Joseph Fitzharris:
Served at St. Pascal in Chicago. A panel in October 1991 recommended that four associate pastors, including Fitzharris, be removed from parishes.
James Hagan:
Affiliated with St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Oak Park; and St. Richard Parish, St. Gertrude Parish and St. Denis Parish in Chicago. Removed from ministry and resigned from the priesthood in April 1997. Sued in April 2006 by a Chicago man who alleged he was molested by Hagan for two years during the mid-1990s.
Tribune coverage: April 14, 2006
Daniel M. Holihan:
Deceased. Affiliated with St. Aloysius in Chicago in the late 1960s, when alleged abuse occurred. Removed from ministry in September 2007. Was among 11 priests removed from public ministry by Cardinal Francis George in September 2005 because of sexual misconduct with children.
Tribune coverage: Sept. 27, 2005
Thomas Job:
Affiliated with St. Cletus in La Grange, St. Joseph in Libertyville and St. John Vianny in Northlake. Named in an October 2005 archdiocese settlement with adults who accused 14 priests of molesting them when they were children.
Thomas Kelly:
Deceased. Served as associate pastor at Our Lady of Knock Church in Calumet City; affiliated with St. John Vianney Church in Northlake, St. Catherine of Genoa, St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus in Chicago, Queen of Apostles in Riverdale, St. Kieran in Chicago Heights and St. James in Sauk Village. Alleged abuse took place in 1973 when he was at St. Therese.
Tribune coverage: Oct. 28, 2005
Joe Kissane:
No bio information available.
Tribune coverage: Oct. 3, 2003
Norbert J. Maday:
Deceased. Affiliated with St. John of God in Chicago, St. Leo's in Chicago, St. Louis de Montfort in Oak Lawn, St. Bede the Venerable in Chicago, Our Lady of the Ridge in Chicago and St. Jude the Apostle in South Holland. Found guilty in 1994 of molesting two boys at a religious retreat in 1986.
Tribune coverage: Oct. 3, 2003 | June 10, 1992
Robert Mayer:
Affiliated with St. Catherine of Siena in Oak Park, St. Barnabas in Chicago, St. Mary's in Lake Forest, St. Edna's in Arlington Heights, St. Stephen Protomartyr in Des Plaines, St. Dionysius in Cicero and St. Odilo's in Berwyn. Convicted in 1985 of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and indecent liberties with a child.
Tribune coverage: Dec. 12, 1992
Vincent McCaffrey:
Affiliated with Our Lady Help of Christians in Chicago, St. Victor's in Calumet City, St, Our Lady of Loretto in Hometown, St. Joseph the Worker in Wheeling, St. Luke Institute, St. Josaphat in Chicago and Our Lady of Good Counsel in Chicago. He was removed from ministry in 1991. Resigned from the priesthood in 1993 and pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in 2002.
Tribune coverage: May 18, 2006
William O'Brien:
Deceased. Affiliated with St. Jude the Apostle in South Holland, St. Symphorosa and Seven Sons in Chicago, Propagation of the Faith & Pontifical Association of the Holy Childhood, St. Cajetan's in Chicago and Queen of Angels Church in Chicago. He was removed from Queen of Angels in 2005 due to an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor.
Tribune coverage: Sept. 27, 2005 | May 30, 2007 | Feb. 19, 2006
Joseph Owens:
Resigned in 1991 after substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct with minors, as determined by the archdiocese's Professional Responsibility Review Board.
Tribune coverage: March 21, 2006
Russell Romano:
Resigned in 1991 after substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct with minors, as determined by the archdiocese's Professional Responsibility Review Board. Served as a priest 1973 to 1991.
Tribune coverage: May 10, 2013
Emmanuel Pallakunnen:
No information available.
Kenneth Ruge:
Deceased. Affiliated with St. Rosalie's in Harwood Heights-Norridge, Most Holy Redeemer in Evergreen Park, Divine Infant Jesus in Westchester, St. Leonard's in Berwyn and Divine Savior in Norridge. Removed from Divine Savior after allegations of sexual misconduct while at Divine Infant parish between 1976 and 1979.
Tribune coverage: March 10, 1992 | May 30, 2007 | April 25, 2006 | Nov. 20, 1991
Raymond Skriba:
Last served as pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Round Lake starting in 1984, where he was granted leave to fight accusations that he molested two girls in the 1960s when he was an associate pastor of St. Gertrude Parish in Franklin Park. Before that, he had served at Queen of the Universe in Chicago from 1957-62, at St. Gertrude from 1962-67, at St. Walter in Chicago from 1967-70, at St. Joseph in Round Lake from 1970-76 and at Immaculate Conception in Waukegan from 1976-84. In 2003, the archdiocese removed him from ministry.
Tribune coverage: Jan. 5, 2003 | Oct. 3, 2003 | Sept. 27, 2005
Marion Snieg:
Ordained in 1955 and was at St. Jane de Chantal until 1960. He also served as associate pastor at St. William and St. Constance Parishes, and as pastor at Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Chicago and St. Rosalie Church in Harwood Heights. After he retired, he last served part-time at Addolorata Villa in Wheeling, a nursing home run by the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago. In 1987, the archdiocese received a report alleging that Snieg had engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor when he was at St. Jane de Chantal. In 2002, the archdiocese removed him from ministry.
Tribune coverage: June 2, 2002 | June 6, 2002 | Oct. 3, 2003 | Oct. 28, 2005
Jim Steel:
Ordained in 1968 and was removed from ministry in 2001.
Victor Stewart:
Ordained in 1978 and served at St. Catherine of Genoa in Chicago from 1978 to 1983 and St. Charles Lwanga in Chicago as pastor from 1983 to 1991. He died in 1994.
Tribune coverage: July 14, 2005
Ralph Strand:
Ordained as a priest in 1964 and served at St. Mary Catholic Church in Des Plaines from June 1986 to June 1991 as associate pastor and at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church on Chicago's Northwest Side from 1991 until he was placed on leave in 1993 after an allegation of engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior. In 1995, was sentenced to 4 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old altar boy at St. Mary's over a two-year period starting in 1990.
Tribune coverage: March 26, 1993 | July 21, 1995 | Feb. 10, 2006
Thomas Swade:
He was removed from St. Dorothy Catholic Church, 450 E. 78th St., Chicago, in 1992 after six people stepped forward with allegations of sexual touching and other acts. He was reinstated five years later after treatment in a rehabilitation program, and served as coordinator of the Office for Racial Justice. In 2002, the archdiocese removed him from ministry.
Tribune coverage: March 5, 1997 | June 20, 2002 | June 24, 2002 | Oct. 28, 2005
Henry Swider:
Ordained in 1950 and resigned in 1974.
Tribune coverage: March 21, 2006
Walter Turlo:
In 2005, he resigned as pastor of St. Fabian Church in Bridgeview after the archdiocese launched an inquiry into allegations that he engaged in "highly inappropriate behavior" about 30 years ago while he was an associate pastor at St. William Church on the Northwest Side of Chicago. Turlo had been pastor at St. Fabian since January 1996. In 2005, the archdiocese temporarily him from ministry.
Tribune coverage: June 6, 2005
Donald Ulatowski:
Ordained in 1956 and died in 1999.
Tribune coverage: March 21, 2006
Michael Weston:
Ordained in 1973 and resigned in 1993.
Tribune coverage: March 21, 2006
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