The list of 51 Peoria Catholic Diocese clergy named in a 2023 report on child sex abuse

PEORIA (IL)
The Journal Star [Peoria IL]

June 1, 2023

By Dean Muellerleile

A yearslong investigation into child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in Illinois has found at least 1,997 children in the state’s six dioceses were sexually abused between 1950 and 2019.

The Peoria Catholic Diocese, which covers 26 counties spanning from Rock Island in northwest Illinois to Vermillion County on the Indiana border, was part of that investigation.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul on May 23, 2023, released a comprehensive report, which included 51 clergy members in the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. Here is a list of their names, their Illinois parish assignments and the diocese’s claim of first report.

• John Anderson: Saint Mary, Aledo; Saint Mary, Canton; Saint Rose, Rushville; Saint Edward, Chillicothe; Saint Philomena, Peoria; Saint Joseph Home, Peoria; King’s House Retreat Center, Henry; 1993.

• Michael “Miguel” Baca: Assignments not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; diocese claim of first report not available.
• Robert O. Barnett: Saint Patrick, Peoria; Saint Mary, Moline; Saint Patrick, Lincoln; Saint Mary, Delavan; Saint Mary, East Moline; Saint Francis of Assisi, Ottawa; Huber Memorial Home, Rock Island; 1964.
• John M. Beatty: Cathedral Boys’ High School, Springfield; Peoria; Saint Patrick Central High School (now) Bishop McNamara High School, Kankakee; not available.
• Walter Bruening, a.k.a. Walter Breuning: Saint Patrick, Urbana; Saint Joseph, Pekin; Saint Anthony, Atkinson; Saint Mary, Hooppole; Saint Augustine, St. Augustine; Saint Patrick, Raritan; Saint Mary, Henry; Saint Joseph, Henry; Saint Mary, Henry; 1999.
• Edward Bush: Saint Thomas, Peoria Heights; Sacred Heart, Moline; Saint Patrick, Colona; 2002.
• John Joseph Casey: Saint Patrick, LaSalle; not available.
• Terry Cassidy: Christ the King, Moline; Saint Catherine, Aledo; Saint Mary, Keithsburg; Saint Anthony, Matherville; Saint Therese, New Boston; Saint John, Viola; Saint Andrew, Oquawka; Saint Mark, Peoria; Saint Edward, Chillicothe; Saint Mary, Moline; Saint Jude, Dunlap; Saint Mary, Wenona; Saint John the Baptist, Lostant; Saint Joseph, Chenoa; Saint Mary, Lexington; Saint Ann, Peoria; Saint Martin de Porres, Peoria; Saint Ann, Peoria; Teens Encounter Christ, Diocese of Peoria; Cursillo Center, Diocese of Peoria; Knights of Columbus Saint Jude Council, Peoria; 2015.
• Louis Condon: Saint Mary, Moline; Saint Mary, Pesotum; Saint Louis, Princeton; Sacred Heart, Rock Island; Saint Mary, Lincoln; Saint Rose, Rushville; Immaculate Conception, Delevan; Saint Mary, Delevan; Saint Joseph Mission, Hopedale; Saint Joseph, Kewanee; Saint Mary, DePue; Sacred Heart, Moline; Hispanic Ministry, Diocese of Peoria; Saint Margaret Hospital, Spring Valley; 1982.
• Robert Creager: Sacred Heart, Moline; Saint Malachy, Geneseo; Saint Mary, Keithsburg; Saint Theresa Mission, New Boston; Deanery, Rock Island; Saint Mary, Pesotum; Saint John the Baptist, Clinton; Saint Patrick, Wapella; Saint Patrick, Ottawa; 2002.
• Paul F. Dinan: Saint Mary, Paxton; Saint Teresa, Kankakee; Saint Peter the Apostle, Itasca; Saint Joseph Mission, Loda; Joliet after 1996, Peoria not available.
• Francis Engels: Saint John, Champaign; Saint Mary, Champaign; Saint Mary’s Hospital, Galesburg; Saint Joseph, Pekin; Saint Columba, Ottawa; Saint Mary, Moline; Saint Joseph, Chenoa; Saint Mary Mission, Lexington; Saint John, Woodhull; Saint John Vianney, Cambridge; Sacred Heart, Annawan; Saint Mary Mission, Hooppole; Saint Anthony, Atkinson; 1992.
• John V. Farris: Saint Patrick, LaSalle; not available.
• James Vincent Fitzgerald: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• Norman Goodman: Sacred Heart, Moline; Saint Patrick, Lincoln; Saint Mary, Atlanta; Holy Family, Lincoln; Saint Columba, Mason City; 1998.
• William Harbert: Holy Trinity, Bloomington; Saint Joseph, Pekin; Saint Thomas the Apostle, Peoria Heights; Saint Joseph, Rock Island; Saint Rose, Rushville; Christ the King, Moline; Immaculate Conception, Monmouth; Saint Mary, Keithsburg; Saint Therese, New Boston; Saint Andrew, Oquawka; Immaculate Conception, Ohio; Saint John, Walnut; Saint Joseph Home, Lacon; 1992.
• George Hiland: Saint Stephen, Streator; Saint Patrick, Arlington; Sacred Heart Mission, Dimmick; Saint Thomas, Dalzell; Saint John, Fairbury; Saint James Mission, Forrest; Saint Patrick, Dwight; 1993.
• Robert Hughes: Holy Trinity, Bloomington; Catholic Youth Center; Illinois State University, Saint Robert Bellarmine Catholic Student Center, Normal; Saint Patrick, Washington; Vicariate, Pekin; 1993.
• William Isermann: Saint Patrick, Washington; Saint Patrick, Ransom; Saint Patrick, Ottawa; Saint Anthony, Hoopeston; Holy Trinity, Moline; Saint Mary, DePue; Saints Peter & Paul, Leonore; Immaculate Conception, Streator; Saint Joseph, Peoria; Saint John, Cullom; Saint Patrick & Dwight Correctional Center, Dwight; 1993.
• J. Eugene Kane: Saint Patrick, Ottawa; Saint Patrick, Peoria; Bergan High School, Peoria; Saint Patrick, Elkhart; Saint Thomas Aquinas, Mt. Pulaski; Cathedral of Saint Mary, Peoria; Saint Pius X, Rock Island; Saint Mary, El Paso; 1990.
• Philip Kraus: Catholic Social Services, Peoria; not available.
• Severin Lamping: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• M. Duane Leclercq: Holy Trinity, Bloomington; Saint Mark, Peoria; Saint Mary, Moline; Saint Vincent de Paul, Peoria; Sacre Coeur, Creve Coeur; Saint Edward, Chillicothe; Teens Encounter Christ, Diocese of Peoria; Saint Bernard, Peoria; Saint John, Clinton; Saint Patrick, Wapella; Saint Theresa, Earlville; Saint Boniface, Peoria; Saint Patrick, Dwight; Saint Patrick, LaSalle; Sacred Heart, Granville; Saint Patrick, Henepin; 1985.
• Edward Lohan: Holy Trinity, Bloomington; Saint Patrick, Danville; Schlarman High School, Danville; Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Danville; Corpus Christi High School, Galesburg; Saint Mary Hospital, Galesburg; Saint Thomas More, Galesburg; Galesburg State Research Hospital, Galesburg; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Galesburg; Saint Philomena, Peoria; 1992.
• Joachim Lux: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• Frank Martinez: Saint Mary Hospital, Decatur; not available.
• Louis J. Meinhardt: Assumption High School, East St. Louis; Spalding Institute, Peoria; not available.
• Thomas Miller: Holy Trinity, Bloomington; Schlarman High School, Danville; Saint Paul, Danville; Saint Bernard, Peoria; Peoria SE, Diocese of Peoria; Saint Vincent de Paul, Peoria; Prelate of Honor, Diocese of Peoria; Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, Diocese of Peoria; 2004.
• Orville Lawrence Munie: Saint Isidore, Bethany; Sacred Heart, Dalton City; not available.
• Thomas Murphy: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• John Onderko: Saint Hyacinth, LaSalle; Sacre Coeur, Creve Coeur; Holy Cross, Mendota; Saints Peter and Paul, Peterstown; Saint Mary, Moline; Resurrection, LaSalle; 1964.
• Victorian Ostmeyer: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• Carter Partee: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• Toussaint Perron: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; 1992.
• Juvenal Pfalzer: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• Roman Pfalzer: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• Gordon Pillon: Bradley University’s Newman Center, Peoria; Saint Edward, Chillicothe; Saint John Chapel, Champaign; Saint John the Baptist, Clinton; Saint Patrick, Wapella; Sacred Heart, Farmer City; Saint John, Bellflower; Saint Patrick, LaSalle; Saint Hyacinth, LaSalle; Queen of the Holy Rosary, LaSalle; Resurrection, LaSalle; 2006.
• Jerome “Jerry” Pilon: Holy Family, Lincoln; Saint Mary, Atlanta; Saint Columba, Mason City; Lincoln Correctional Center, Lincoln; Holy Cross, Mendota; Saints Peter & Paul, Peterstown; Saint Anthony, Hoopeston; Saint Mary, Moline; 2008.
• Gregory James Plunkett: Saint Columba, Ottawa; Immaculate Conception, Carthage; Saint Mary, West Point; Saint Catherine, Aledo; Saint Mary, Keithsburg; Saint Therese, New Boston; 2002.
• Samuel Pusateri: Saint Bede, Peru; Wheaton Franciscan Motherhouse, Wheaton; Joliet not available, Peoria 1991.
• Kenneth Roberts: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; 2006.
• Ronald W. Roth: Holy Family, Olgesby; Saint John, Peoria; Saints Peter & Paul, Chatsworth; Guardian Angel Home, Peoria; Sacre Coeur, Creve Coeur; Saint Thomas the Apostle, Peoria Heights; Saint Philomena, Peoria; Director House of Prayer, Urbana; Director of Charismatic Renewal Programs, Diocese of Peoria; Saint Patrick, Ransom; Saint John, Lostant; Apostolate of Prayer and Healing, Diocese of Peoria; 1968.
• John J. Ryan: Saint Patrick, Ottawa; Holy Trinity, Bloomington; Saint John, Clinton; Loyola University, Chicago; 1963.
• Laurence Schumacher: Immaculate Conception, Streator; Saint Patrick, Danville; Saints Peter & Paul, Peterstown; Saint Mary, Henry; Saint Theresa, Earlville; Immaculate Conception, Streator; Saint Bernard, Bushnell; 1966.
• Richard Slavish: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Galesburg; Sacred Heart, Moline; East Moline State Hospital, East Moline; Saint Mary Cathedral, Peoria; Saint Theresa, Alexis; Saint Aloysius, Wataga; Saints Peter & Paul, Nauvoo; Sacred Heart, Dallas City; Saint Francis, Kewanee; Saint John, Cambridge; Saint Anthony, Matherville; Saint John, Viola; 1971.
• William J. Spine: Peter Claver Community & Saint Mary, Moline; Holy Family, Chicago; Loyola University, Chicago; not available.
• Bernard Tomaszewski: Saint Patrick, Danville; Saint Boniface, Seymour; Saint Hyacinth, LaSalle; Saint Patrick, Tolono; Saint Valentine, Peru; Immaculate Conception, Monmouth; Saint Elizabeth, Thomasboro; 1946.
• John Turnbull: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; 2006.
• Emil Twardochleb: not reported by archdiocese/diocese/religious order; not available.
• Michael Van Acker: Holy Trinity, Bloomington; Central Catholic High School, Bloomington; Saint Patrick, Wapella; Bergan High School, Peoria; Saint Patrick, Andalusia; OSF Saint Mary Medical Center, Galesburg; 1990.
• William D. Virtue: Saint Mary Magdalene, Joliet; Saint Dominic, Bolingbrook; Saint Mary Nativity, Joliet; Saint Mary, Mokena; Sacred Heart, Joliet; Sacred Heart, Campus; Saint Mary, Loretto; Sacre Coeur, Creve Coeur; Saint Joseph Home, Lacon; Saint Theresa, Cedar Point; Sacred Heart, Granville; Saint Theresa, Earlville; Sacred Heart, Farmer City; Saint John, Bellflower; Saint Flannen, Harmon; Saint James, Lee; Saint Theresa, Earlville; Saint Patrick, Maytown; Saint Mary, Walton; 2006.