ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune
By Susan Berger
Special to the Tribune
2:41 p.m. CST, December 5, 2013
A monk accused of trying to lure girls into his car pled guilty today to child abduction, officials said.
Thomas Chmura, a Benedictine monk who lived at an a abbey in Benet Lake, Wis., was given two years probation and must register as a sex offender and receive counseling as part of the plea, according to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office.
Chmura was arrested last April after authorities said he pulled up alongside a 14-year-old girl who was on foot in Antioch, told her she was beautiful and asked her to let him drive her home.
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