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	Priest Ordered Confined to Sex Offender Facility By Ted Slowik The Beacon News April 11, 2006 http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/city/2_1_AU11_PRIEST_S1.htm JOLIET — A Joliet Diocese priest convicted of sexually abusing young boys could be confined indefinitely under the state's Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. The Rev. Fred Lenczycki, 61, was scheduled to be released from the Dixon Correctional Center today after serving less than half of a five-year sentence. But Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan petitioned a DuPage County judge on Monday to keep Lenczycki locked up, saying he remains a danger to society. "Attorney General Madigan believes the Sexually Violent Persons Act is a critical tool in keeping sexually violent people off the streets," said Melissa Merz of the attorney general's office. DuPage County Judge Edward Duncan ordered that Lenczycki be transferred to the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services and be held at the sex offender facility in Joliet, Merz said. The law allows the state to use civil proceedings to involuntarily commit sex offenders after they have served their criminal sentences. Experts hired by the state have evaluated Lenczycki and concluded he is likely to offend again, Merz said. Lenczycki pleaded guilty in January 2004 to criminal sexual abuse of three boys under age 13. The abuse occurred in late 1984 at St. Isaac Jogues Church in Hinsdale. Lenczycki is the first clergy member in Illinois to be involuntarily committed under the law, Merz said.
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