ILLINOIS
Daily Herald
Justin Kmitch
A former member of Lombard’s St. Pius X Catholic Church is suing the Diocese of Joliet and two former priests claiming he was sexually abused as an 11-year-old in 1976.
According to the suit, filed Nov. 6 in Will County, Rev. Henry Slade caught the boy “skipping Mass and ordered him to go into the rectory at St. Pius X, and specifically to Slade’s bedroom.”
When the boy refused to perform a sex act, the suit states Slade “physically attacked the plaintiff.”
The suit also claims Rev. Phillip Dedera heard and ignored the boy’s screams for help but later offered him marijuana after the attack to “help him forget” it.
Both priests are named in the Diocese’s published list of priests facing credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors.
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