The Diocese of Joliet has released the names of priests and others who it believes have been the subject of “credible allegation(s) of sexual misconduct with minors made against them while serving in the Diocese of Joliet.” Please know that these lists are not complete, and in December 2018 the Illinois Attorney General issued a report claiming the Catholic Church in Illinois has withheld the names of more than 500 priests who have been accused of sexually abusing children. Put simply, ...
Read More ->The Archdiocese of Chicago has released the names of priests and others who it believes have had “at least one substantiated allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor.” Please know that these lists are not complete, and in December 2018 the Illinois Attorney General issued a report claiming the Catholic Church in Illinois has withheld the names of more than 500 priests who have been accused of sexually abusing children. Put simply, if you were sexually abused by a priest ...
Read More ->We represent more than a dozen men who were sexually abused in the 1980s by a Boy Scout leader named Thomas Hacker. After we filed suit on their behalf, the Boy Scouts moved to dismiss their claims and asserted the claims were barred by the statute of limitations. The statute of limitations is a law that requires people to file a lawsuit within a certain amount of time.
We responded to the Boy Scouts’ motion by arguing that our clients’ claims should ...
Read More ->The Illinois Attorney General released a scathing report this week that claims the Catholic Church in Illinois has withheld the names of more than 500 priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors. We have represented more than 50 survivors of childhood sexual abuse who brought claims against the Catholic Church in Illinois, including the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Joliet. If you or someone you know was sexually abused by a priest, please contact us ...
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ABC-7 Eyewitness news interviewed our clients about the settlement, and that video was posted Thursday, April 16. Watch the report here.
WGN-TV also did a report on the case. Watch the video here.
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CHICAGO, April 14, 2015 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet has agreed to pay $4,137,500 to resolve the claims of fourteen (14) men who were the victims of abuse by priests of the Diocese from the 1960’s through the 1980’s. The men are represented by the Chicago-based law firm of Hurley McKenna & Mertz, PC., and the Seattle-based firm of Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC.
Four of the men had previously filed suit in the Will County Circuit Court. The ...
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet has agreed to pay $4,137,500 to resolve the claims of fourteen (14) men who were the victims of abuse by priests of the Diocese from the 1960’s through the 1980’s. The men are represented by the Chicago-based law firm of Hurley McKenna & Mertz, PC., and the Seattle-based firm of Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC.
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Seven men have come forward and brought new suits against the Chicago Presbyterian Church, the Archdiocese of Chicago and related organizations due to the harm caused by the sexual abuse they endured at the hands of Presbyterian minister Douglas Mason of Chicago. Mason was previously accused of sexually abusing boys in the 1990s. Four of those plaintiffs settled for a confidential amount, believed to be $11 million. Read more to see the documents.
Read More ->Seven men have come forward and brought new suits against the Chicago Presbyterian Church, the Archdiocese of Chicago and related organizations due to the harm caused by the sexual abuse they endured at the hands of Presbyterian minister Douglas Mason of Chicago. Mason was previously accused of sexually abusing boys in the 1990s. Four of those plaintiffs settled for a confidential amount, believed to be $11 million.
In the new lawsuits, plaintiffs allege that Mason met, groomed and abused the boys ...
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After being rejected by both the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Green Bay, not surprisingly Father Frederick Lenczycki was accepted as a seminarian in the Diocese of Joliet in 1963, with Bishop Blanchette reserving his vote until Lenczycki’s IQ could be determined. Prior to his ordination in 1972, Lenczycki’s interest in working with boys was well-known and he expressed he wanted to be trained in “adolescent psychology.” In 1980 Lenczycki experienced some unknown “difficulties” and requested a transfer ...
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