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Illinois state investigators revealed on Tuesday the names and details of 451 Catholic priests and religious brothers who abused at least 1,997 children across all dioceses in Illinois.

The investigation determined that Catholic leaders in Illinois have vastly underreported clergy sex abuse against children, finding that “decades of Catholic leadership decisions and policies have allowed known child sex abusers to hide, often in plain sight,” according to the 700-page report.

Prior to the investigation, Catholic leaders in Illinois had only publicly listed 103 substantiated child sex abusers, meaning several hundred more perpetrators came to light over the course of the statewide inquiry into clerical sex abuse that began in 2018, according to the attorney general’s office.

What follows are the names listed within the report for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Child sex abusers in the Archdiocese of Chicago

The following section contains specific information regarding substantiated child sex abuse committed by more than 270 Catholic clerics and religious brothers who ministered in the Archdiocese of Chicago, according to the report.

This report contains descriptions of child sex abuse, assault, and trauma. Resources for survivors of child sex abuse can be found on page 689 of the report.

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Key to the categories

  • Name: The name of the substantiated cleric or religious brother, the year he was ordained and the diocese or religious order into he was ordained or took vows.

  • Assignments: The Illinois parishes and related church locations where the cleric or religious brother was assigned while ministering in Illinois, as reported by a diocese or religious order.

  • Reported survivors: The number of survivors who made claims of child sex abuse against the cleric or religious brother, as reported by the diocese or religious order and/or as revealed in criminal conviction records.

  • Reported abuse: The date and location of claimed instances of child sex abuse committed by the cleric or religious brother, as reported by the diocese or religious order and/or as revealed in criminal conviction records.

  • Status: Significant actions relating to the cleric or religious brother and his current status. Also includes the date the identified diocese or religious order placed the cleric or religious brother on its public list of substantiated child sex abusers.

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Source: Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Report on Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse in Illinois 2023

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