Peoria Diocese defrocks three retired priests

PEORIA (IL)
NewsTribune

November 2, 2018

Priests served at Illinois Valley parishes

Three retired priests who had served parishes in the Illinois Valley have been removed from the ministry, the Diocese of Peoria said in a press release issued Thursday.

The Rev. George Hiland, the Rev. Duane Leclercq and the Rev. John Onderko all have been required to step down from public ministry over what Bishop Daniel Jenky, in the release, termed “credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor.”

The press release disclosed the following allegations:

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