CHICAGO (IL)
Fox 11
Months after documents showed it had concealed the sexual abuse of children by priests for decades, the Archdiocese of Chicago released files Thursday on about three dozen more abusive clergy members to fulfill Cardinal Francis George’s pledge to do so before he retires.
One of the case files is that of Norbert Maday, a former priest who was convicted in Winnebago County in 1994 for assaulting boys at a retreat center. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and served 13 years before being paroled.
The Maday file includes 507 pages of documents, covering a wide range of topics. Those include complaints to the Chicago diocese about Maday, letters about housing arrangements after his prison release, Wisconsin court documents, and official letters regarding Maday’s status as a priest.
Some of the documents have been disclosed previously, such as a 2002 letter from Chicago Cardinal Francis George to Maday in prison, saying the diocese was trying to reduce Maday’s sentence, but without success.
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