Fr. Terence Fitzmaurice
Multiple allegations of abuse of boys and girls. Accused of molesting at least 15 boys in the early 1970s. Spent 6 months in the early 1980s in treatment in Wakefield, OH. Three settled with the Order and the Chicago archdiocese in 2006. In 2007 negotiations continued with other claimants. Many were participants in a job-training program run by the city of Chicago where Fitzmaurice was a supervisor. As many as 75 other claimants. Allegedly raped a girl, age 14, in 1978 who gave birth in 1979. One woman alleged abuse over a 6-year period. A suit filed 1/2007 alleged abuse in the Diocese of Superior. Other plaintiffs were added 5/2007. The original plaintiff settled 10/2007. Fitzmaurice died in 2009. In 2022 the Order determined that allegations against Fitzmaurice of the sexual abuse of minors were substantiated.
- Chicago Tribune 11.19.06
- Chicago Sun-Times 11.19.06
- Chicago Tribune 11.21.06
- Chicago Tribune 11.22.06
- The-Bee 12.07.06
- The-Bee 02.07.07
- The-Bee 02.14.07
- The-Bee 03.14.07
- The-Bee 03.14.07
- The-Bee 05.17.07
- The-Bee 11.08.07
- Chicago Tribune 11.21.09
- The Final Call 01.01.10
- Associated Press 01.04.20
- Chicago Sun-Times 10.21.22
- Chicago Sun-Times 05.17.24
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