Over the last year, Catholic Dioceses from across the United States have released lists of known clergy sexual abusers. There’s no greater breach of trust than when someone in a position of power and authority sexually abuses someone. These acts have devastating effects on victims. Forester Haynie is an advocate for victims of clergy abuse as well as for anyone abused by a person in a position of power. Already, more than 3,000 civil lawsuits have been filed on behalf of victims of clergy abuse. Here are the names of known abusers in the state of Illinois:
Last | First | Status | Diocese |
Anderson | John C. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Angel | Lawrence A. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Banach | Edwin | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Baranowski | Alexander Sylvester | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Barrett | John F. | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Bartz | Richard Barry | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Batuyong | Patricio (Patrick) | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Becker | Robert Charles | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Beckstrom | Robert E | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Beebe | Charles | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Bennett | Joseph R. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Bennett | Richard L. | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Bogdan | Leonard Adolph | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Bonebreak | Dennis | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Bowman | Robert Peter | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Braun | David Francis | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Breuning/Bruening | Walter A. | Sued | Peoria, IL |
Brigham | Kenneth M. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Brouillette | Robert | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Buck | Daniel Peter | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Buczyna | Andrew L. | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Burke | Edmund F. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Burnett | James | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Burns | Eugene Patrick | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Bush | Edward E. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Byrne | Eamonn | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Calhoun | James R. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Calicott | John Walter | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Campbell | Alvin L. | Convicted | Springfield, IL |
Campobello | Mark A. | Convicted | Rockford, IL |
Carr | Michael T. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Carroll | Francis C. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Cassidy | Terry | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Cernich | Joseph D. | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Chlopecki | Robert | Sued | Belleville, IL |
Chmura | Thomas M. | Arrested | Chicago, IL |
Clapsaddle | Harlan B. | Settled | Rockford, IL |
Clements | George H. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Cloutier | William J. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Cobb | Alan S. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Cody | J. George | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Collins | Daniel J. | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Collins | Donald Cecil | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Condon | Eugene Laurence | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Condon | Louis | Sued | Peoria, IL |
Considine | Thomas | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Corbino | Thomas A. | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Corrigan | Edmund | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Costa | Eugene E. | none | Springfield, IL |
Craig | Robert | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Creager | Robert J. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Crook | David G. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Crosby | Thomas Carroll | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Curran | John William | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Czajka | Norman J. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Dedera | Phillip J. | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Dee | Garrett Neal | Accused | Springfield, IL |
DeGrand | Robert | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Dennerlein | Arno | Sued | Joliet, IL |
DeRoeck | Walter George | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Diederich | Dominic Aloysius | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Dilla | Francis Emil | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Dinan | Paul F. | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Dodd | Robert | Sued | Springfield, IL |
Downey | Kevin J. | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Driscoll | Michael | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Dugal, III | William | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Duggan | Jeremiah C. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Dunn | James Claver | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Eagear | Robert | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Eagear | Robert | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Engels | Francis (Frank) | Convicted | Peoria, IL |
Faller | George | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Farrell | William Patrick | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Fassbinder | Richard Wayne | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Feely | Theodore | Sued | Rockford, IL |
Ferro | Salvatore A. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Fischer | Lowell E. | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Fitzgerald | John D. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Fitzharris | Joseph L. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Fitzmaurice | Terence | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Flores | Alejandro (Alex) | Arrested | Joliet, IL |
Flosi | James Vincent | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Formusa | Salvatore | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Franzen | Ray | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Frazier | Michael | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Frederick | James | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Friedman | Daniel L. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Friese | Robert D. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Gamez-Alfonso | Rigoberto | Charged | Chicago, IL |
Gardner | Stephen Justin | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Garza | Jesus P. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Gaynor | James | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Gibbney | Michael L. | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Gibbs | Lawrence (Larry) M. | Settled | Joliet, IL |
Goodman | Norman D. | Settled | Peoria, IL |
Gow | John E. | Cleared | Rockford, IL |
Hagan | James Craig | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Hanney | James V | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Harbert | William | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Harte | Al F. | Sued | Rockford, IL |
Havey | Joseph | Sued | Springfield, IL |
Hechenberger | Gerald | Arrested | Belleville, IL |
Hefferan | John Edward | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Hensley | Gilbert Leroy | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Hiland | George H. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Hinojosa | Juan Francisco | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Hoder | James Allen | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Hogan | Michael J. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Hogan | Michael P. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Holdren | John C. | Sued | Rockford, IL |
Holihan | Daniel Mark | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Horne | Thomas Barry | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Houlihan | James Alvarez | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Howlin | Carroll | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Huppenbauer | Walter Edward | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Hurtado-Badillo | Domingo | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Huske | Leonard | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Irwin | Charles B. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Jacklin | Richard E. | Charged | Joliet, IL |
Job | Thomas | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Jochem | Harold | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Joffe | William I. | Sued | Rockford, IL |
Johnson | Walter E. | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Jones | Augustine K. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Jordan | John E. | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Kastner | Edwin | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Kealy | Robert Louis | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Keehan | John James | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Kelly | Thomas Francis | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Kent | Benen | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Keough | John J. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Kernan | Joseph C | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Kissane | Joseph Patrick | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Klein | George W. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Kmak | Leonard Paul | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Kohler | Peter D. | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Kownacki | Raymond F. | Sued | Belleville, IL |
Kreher | Albert E. “Gene” | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Kromenaker | George | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Kuhl | Richard | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Lasik | Ronald Justin | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Leclercq | M. Duane | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Lenczycki | Frederick A. | Convicted | Joliet, IL |
Linnemann | Eugene G. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Lupo | William L. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Lutz | Robert J. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
MacPherson | Walter E. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Maday | Norbert J. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Maloney | Edward J. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Maloney | Thomas W. | Sued | Peoria, IL |
Malzone | John D. | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Mary Jane | Sister | Sued | Peoria, IL |
Mayer | Robert E. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
McBrien | Kevin Michael | Accused | Joliet, IL |
McCaffrey | Vincent | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
McCartney | Christopher J. | Sued | Chicago, IL |
McCormack | Daniel J. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
McDonald | Robert Joseph | Accused | Chicago, IL |
McGowan | Joseph M. | Sued | Peoria, IL |
McGrath | Richard J. | Sued | Joliet, IL |
McGuire | Donald J. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
McNamara | Peter John | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Meis | J. Anthony | Settled | Joliet, IL |
Miller | Gary M. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Miller | Thomas R. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Mullins | Lawrence (Larry) | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Mulsoff | Donald John | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Munoz Capetillo | Octavio | Charged | Chicago, IL |
Murphy | Clement Adan | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Murphy | John Daniel | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Murphy | John E | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Murphy | Thomas Ignatius | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Niebrugge | Richard | Sued | Springfield, IL |
Nowak | James A. | Sued | Joliet, IL |
O’Brien | Joseph C. | Accused | Springfield, IL |
O’Brien | William John | Sued | Chicago, IL |
O’Connell | Michael W. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
O’Connor | Donald | Accused | Joliet, IL |
O’Dell | Jack | Sued | Chicago, IL |
O’Gorman | Thomas | Accused | Chicago, IL |
O’Hara | Frank J. | Sued | Springfield, IL |
O’Leary | Patrick | Accused | Chicago, IL |
O’Shaughnessy | Donald J. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
O’Toole | Paul L. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Onderko | John M. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Ormechea | John Baptist “J.B.” | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Owens | Joseph | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Paduch | Frank | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Pallikunnen | Emmanuel | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Pantoja | Eusebio | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Paramo | Thomas | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Pedraza-Arias | Alfredo | Arrested | Rockford, IL |
Peralta | Carlos | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Perron | Toussaint J. | Convicted | Peoria, IL |
Peterson | Louis P. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Phan | Kevin | accused | Chicago, IL |
Pilon | Jerome | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Plunkett | Gregory J. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Pock | Donald P. | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Poff | Edward | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Policetti | Sleeva Raju | Arrested | Chicago, IL |
Powell | John J. | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Przybylo | Chester J./Czeslaw | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Przybylski | Konstanty | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Pusateri | Samuel D. | Convicted | Peoria, IL |
Ratermann | Jerome B. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Ray | James M. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Rensing | William F. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Reuter | Lawrence | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Reycraft | Paul | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Robinson | John Allen | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Rohrich | John F. | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Romano | Russell Lawrence | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Ronan | Andrew M | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Ross | Anthony J. | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Ruffalo | Richard | Settled | Joliet, IL |
Ruge | Kenneth Charles | Settled | Chicago, IL |
Ruppert | E. Alan | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Ryan | Daniel | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Ryan | F. Lee | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Ryan (Bp). | Daniel | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Salwach | Jeffrey | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Savage | Joseph E. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Schlangen | Louis | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Schoenhofen | Roger | Sued | Belleville, IL |
Schulte | Daniel R. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Schwaegel | Joseph R. | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Schwellenbach | Aloysius | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Sebescak | Gary | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Simonelli | Gerald | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Skiffington | Wilton | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Skriba | Raymond Francis | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Skriba | Richard L. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Slade | Henry | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Slavish | Richard | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Slown | John | Convicted | Joliet, IL |
Snieg | Marion Joseph | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Soto | Ruben | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Spine | William J. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Stalzer | David | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Steel | James R. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Stefanich | Edward | Convicted | Joliet, IL |
Stepek | Robert A. | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Stewart | Victor E. | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Storm | James | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Strand | Ralph S. | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Strum | Howard | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Strus | Walter | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Swade | Thomas J. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Swider | Henry Peter | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Tanghal Rimando | Albert | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Tanghal Rimando | Albert | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Tebangura | Francis | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Thedens | Mark E. | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Theis | Francis | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Theisen | Richard Gregory | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Thomas | Joseph S. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Trujillo | Michael | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Tully | Joseph J. M. | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Turlo | Walter Joseph | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Turnbull (in Ohio) | John B. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Ulatowski | Donald Francis | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Vader | Anthony Joseph | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Van Acker | Michael R. | Accused | Peoria, IL |
Van Duren | Charles | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Vilchez Parra | Clovis | Convicted | Chicago, IL |
Virtue | William D. | Sued | Joliet, IL |
Vonnahmen | Robert J. | Settled | Belleville, IL |
Vorlick | Phillip | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Walczak | Karl J. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Walsh | Oliver T. | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Weerts | Walter M. | Convicted | Springfield, IL |
Westhoff | Frank D. | Accused | Springfield, IL |
Weston | Michael Howard | Accused | Chicago, IL |
White | Myles Patrick | Convicted | Joliet, IL |
Wigglesworth | Wayne E. | none | Chicago, IL |
Wilk | Joseph | Sued | Chicago, IL |
Wojtowicz | Louis | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Yakaitis | Michael T. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Yunker | Stanislaus | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Balestrieri | Edward | Accused | Belleville, IL |
Diedrich | Dominic A. | Accused | Chicago, IL |
Campbell | James | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Lessard | Joseph | Accused | Rockford, IL |
Furdek | John | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Jendrysik | Mark | Accused | Joliet, IL |
Mateo | Leonard | Accused | Joliet, IL |
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In the U.S. legal system, all accused persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. This chart is based generally on allegations reported publicly in the media or publicly filed in the courts. Forester Haynie does not confirm the accuracy of any actual allegation, and this chart is not a representation of the legal case history of an individual. Reasonable efforts have been made to ensure accuracy.