Fr. Henry Slade
Birth name Slaboszewski. Arrested and removed from ministry in 1/1990. Pleaded guilty in 2/1990 to sexual misconduct with an 18-year-old disabled man. Sentenced to 12 months probation. Victim filed suit in 12/1991. Suit later settled. Accused in another lawsuit filed in 11/2015 of abusing an 11-year-old boy in 1976. Plaintiff said he refused to perform a sex act on Slade, who then physically attacked him; further, he said Rev. Phillip Dedera ignored his screams, but later offered him marijuana “to help him forget it.” Slade’s name was included in 4/2006 on the diocese’s list of credibly accused. Per the list in 12/2018, Slade died in 2016. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report, which notes 9 “reported survivors.”
- Chicago Tribune 01.13.90
- Chicago Tribune 02.10.90
- Chicago Tribune 12.04.91
- Herald News 05.05.02
- Diocese of Joliet List 04.09.06
- Sun Times 04.11.06
- Herald News 05.17.06
- My Suburban Life 03.12.13
- Statement by the Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet 03.12.13
- Diocese of Joliet List of Priests with Credible Allegations 03.12.13
- WGN 03.12.13
- Diocese of Joliet List of Priests with Credible Allegations 04.30.14
- Daily Herald 11.19.15
- Diocese of Joliet List Updated 12.06.18
- Diocese of Joliet List Updated 05.13.22
- IL Attorney General’s Report 05.23.23
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