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, if you were sexually abused by a priest or someone associated with the Catholic Church, please do not be alarmed if the person is not on the Diocese’s list.  We have represented many people who were sexually abused by priests who were not included on the list of a Diocese or Archdiocese, only for the priest’s name to be added to the list at a later date.  If you want to learn your legal options, please contact us.

Here is a partial list of the names released by the Diocese of Joliet, sorted by last name:

(Last Name, First Name)

1. Burnett, James R.
2. Buczyna, Andrew
3. Dedera, Philip
4. Dennerlein, Arno
5. Dinan, Paul
6. Dugal, William
7. Fischer, Lowell
8. Flores, Alejandro
9. Formusa, Salvatore
10. Frederick, James
11. Furdek, John
12. Gibbney, Michael
13. Gibbs, Lawrence
14. Howlin, Carroll
15. Lenczycki, Frederick
16. Malzone, John
17. Mateo, Leonard
18. Meis, Anthony
19. Mullins, Lawrence
20. Nowak, James
21. O’Connor, Donald
22. Pock, Donald
23. Poff, Edward
24. Ross, Anthony
25. Ruffalo, Richard
26. Ryan, Lee
27. Simonelli, Gerald
28. Slade, Henry
29. Slown, John
30. Stefanich, Edward
31. Storm, James
32. Van Duren, Charles
33. Virtue, William
34. Walsh, Oliver
35. White, Myles

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 or someone associated with the Catholic Church, please do not be alarmed if the person is not on the Archdiocese’s list.  We have represented many people who were sexually abused by priests who were not included on the list of a Diocese or Archdiocese, only for the priest’s name to be added to the list at a later date.  If you want to learn your legal options, please contact us.

Here is a partial list of the names released by the Archdiocese of Chicago, sorted by last name:

(Last Name, First Name)

1. Baranowski, Alexander Sylvester
2. Bartz, Richard Barry
3. Becker, Robert Charles
4. Bennett, Joseph R.
5. Bogdan, Leonard Adolph
6. Bowman, Robert Peter
7. Braun, David Francis
8. Brigham, Kenneth
9. Buck, Daniel Peter
10. Burke, Edmund F.
11. Burns, Eugene Patrick
12. Calicott, John Walter
13. Cloutier, William J.
14. Craig, Robert
15. Crosby, Thomas Carroll
16. Curran, John William
17. Czajka, Norman J.
18. DeRoeck, Walter George
19. Diedrich, Dominic Aloysius
20. Dilla, Francis Emil
21. Fassbinder, Richard Wayne
22. Fitzharris, Joseph L.
23. Flosi, James Vincent
24. Friese, Robert
25. Garza, Jesus P.
26. Hagan, James Craig
27. Hefferan, John Edward
28. Hoder, James
29. Hogan, Michael J.
30. Holihan, Daniel Mark
31. Huppenbauer, Walter Edward
32. Job, Thomas
33. Kealy, Robert Louis
34. Keehan, John James
35. Kelly, Thomas
36. Keough, John Joseph
37. Kissane, Joseph Patrick
38. Kmak, Leonard Paul
39. Lupo, William L.
40. Maday, Norbert J.
41. Maloney, Edward
42. Mayer, Robert E.
43. McCaffrey, Vincent
44. McCormack, Daniel J.
45. McDonald, Robert Joseph
46. McNamara, Peter John
47. Miller, Gary M.
48. Mulsoff, Donald John
49. O’Brien, William John
50. Owens, Joseph
51. Pallikunnen, Emmanuel
52. Ray, James M.
53. Robinson, John Allen
54. Rohrich, John F.
55. Romano, Russell Lawrence
56. Ruge, Kenneth Charles
57. Savage, Joseph E.
58. Skriba, Raymond Francis
59. Snieg, Marion Joseph
60. Steel, James R.
61. Stewart, Victor E.
62. Strand, Ralph S.
63. Swade, Thomas J.
64. Swider, Henry Peter
65. Tanghal, Albert
66. Theisen, Richard Gregory
67. Thomas, Joseph S.
68. Turlo, Walter Joseph
69. Ulatowski, Donald Francis
70. Vader, Anthony Joseph
71. Weston, Michael Howard

Non-Chicago Archdiocesan Priests, Religious Order Priests, Deacons

1. Batuyong, William Patricio
2. Wojtowicz, Louis
3. Policetti, Sleeva Raju
4. Przybylo, Czeslaw
5. Pantoja, Eusebio
6. Peralta, Carlos

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 not be dismissed because they filed their lawsuit shortly after learning that the Boy Scouts knew the Scout leader had a history of sexually abusing children but failed to take reasonable steps to protect them.  The trial court agreed with our position and denied the Boy Scouts’ motion.

The Boy Scouts appealed, but on January 13, 2017, the Court of Appeals rejected their appeal.  The Court of Appeals agreed with us that a jury should be allowed to decide whether it was reasonable for our clients to file their lawsuits shortly after learning that the Boy Scouts could have prevented their abuse.

While every case is different, this court decision is an important step in the right direction because it recognizes that abuse survivors may not realize until years after the abuse that someone like the Boy Scouts or the Catholic Church could have prevented their abuse.