CHICAGO (IL)
Sun-Times
October 28, 2005
BY CATHLEEN FALSANI Religion Reporter
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has reached an out-of-court settlement with two dozen men and women who say they were sexually abused as minors by priests of the archdiocese, lawyers for the victims and a spokesman for Cardinal Francis George said Thursday.
The settlement involves 14 current or former priests, none of whom is in active ministry today. Five of the men -- Eugene Burns, William Cloutier, Jeremiah Duggan, Leonard Kmak and Marion Snieg -- are deceased, said Jim Dwyer, a spokesman for George.
The other nine -- John Curran, James Hagan, Thomas Job, Thomas Kelly, Vincent McCaffrey, John Robinson, Ralph Strand and Thomas Swade -- have been removed permanently from ministry, Dwyer said.