Fr. Ralph S. Strand

Ordained: 1964
Status: Guilty plea

Died: 04/6/2013
Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

Multiple allegations. Removed from public ministry in 3/1993. Pleaded guilty in 1995 to criminal sexual assault of a child for abusing a boy over three years, beginning when the boy was age 15 in 1990. Received a 4-year sentence in a plea bargain. Paroled in 4/1997 after serving 21 months. Registered sex offender. Allowed to wear his Roman collar in public by the Archdiocese in 1999, after parole was completed. Accompanied Cardinal George on a pilgrimage to Mexico in 2001. Included in a 10/2005 settlement with the Archdiocese. Last known to be living at University of St. Mary of the Lake seminary campus in Mundelein. Included on the archdiocese’s list in 3/2006 of those with substantiated allegations against them. Died in 4/2013. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report. By 5/2023 seven more people had come forward with allegations against Strand.

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