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Over 60 Area Clergy Named In Law Firm’s Report On Sexual Misconduct


More than 60 Catholic clergy accused of sexual misconduct in North and Northwest suburban Cook County were named in a 182-page report published by Minnesota-based law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates this week.

The report includes the names, photos and background information, including assignments and allegations, of nearly 400 diocesan priests, religious clergy and laity who face accusations of sexual abuse in Illinois’ six Catholic dioceses.

The law firm noted the information in the report was collected from publicly available sources, survivors’ claims to dioceses or religious orders and legal settlements that resulted from such claims.

“While lawsuits were filed involving many of these alleged perpetrators, the vast majority of the claims against these individuals have been settled or have not been fully evaluated in a civil or criminal court,” the report said.

The report said its goals are to create increased awareness of sexual abuse, provide the public with information regarding the histories of the clergy and bring healing to survivors.

The Archdiocese of Chicago issued a statement March 21 in response to the law firm’s report.

Anderson & Associates conflates people who have been accused, but may be innocent, with those who have substantiated allegations against them, referring to all as perpetrators,” the archdiocese said.

Forty priests in North and Northwest Cook County are filed on the archdiocese’s “Clergy with Substantiated Allegations of Sexual Misconduct with Minors” list. The list was last updated in February.

Alleged abuse by the following diocesan and religious order priests might have occured before, during or after the clergy members’ service at the suburban locations listed below, according to the law firm’s report::

Fr. Richard Barry Bartz, served at St. Marcelline in Schaumburg in 1973.

Deacon Patricio William Batuyong, served at St. Ansgar in Hanover Park from 1988-1992.

Fr. Robert Peter Bowman, served at St. James in Arlington Heights from 1978-1995 and 2001-2011.

Fr. David Francis Braun, served at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge and was in residence at St. Lambert in Skokie from 1971-1974 and served at St. Thomas of Villanova in Palatine from 1985-1990.

Fr. Daniel Peter Buck, served at St. Thomas of Villanova in Palatine from 1984-1989 and St. Mary Parish in Buffalo Grove from 2001-2001.

Fr. Thomas Burg, served at Loyola University Ministry in Wilmette from 1992-1994.

Fr. Edmund F. Burke, served at St. Francis Xavier in Wilmette from 1973-1984.

Fr. Eugene Patrick Burns, served at St. Catherine Laboure in Glenview from 1961-1966.

Fr. Thomas F. Cannon, served at St. Emily in Mount Prospect from 1963-1967 and St. Zachary in Des Plaines from 1970-1973.

Fr. William Cloutier, served at St. Peter in Skokie from 1985-1991.

Fr. Thomas Carroll Crosby, retired at Resurrection Pavilion in Park Ridge from 1983-1987.

Fr. Norman Czajka, retired at St. Benedict’s Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Niles from 2004-2005.

Fr. Walter George DeRoeck, served at St. Paul of the Cross in Park Ridge from 1971-1976 and St. Catherine Laboure in Glenview from 1992-1996.

Fr. Dominic Aloysius Diederich, served at St. Nicholas in Evanston from 1918-1925.

Fr. Jeremiah Duggan, served at St. Gertrude in Franklin Park from 1967-1968.

Fr. Richard Wayne Fassbinder, served at St. Emily in Mount Prospect 1967-1973.

Fr. James Vincent Flosi, served at St. Hubert in Hoffman Estates in 1971-1976 and St. Gertrude in Franklin Park in 1989.

Fr. Robert Friese, served as deacon at Mary, Seat of Wisdom in Park Ridge in 1977 and as priest as St. Cyprian in River Grove from 1978-1980.

Fr. Jesus P. Garza, served as deacon at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Glenview in 1978 and as priest at St. Mary in Buffalo Grove in 1998.

Fr. John Edward Hefferan, served at St. John the Evangelist in Streamwood from 1973-1975 and St. John Vianney in Northlake from 1975-1981.

Fr. Daniel Mark Holihan, retired at St. Joseph’s Home in Palatine from 2006-2008.

Fr. George S. Hopf, retired at St. Joseph’s Home in Palatine from 1994-2003.

Fr. Thomas Barry Horne, served at St. Peter Damian in Bartlett from 1950-1973 and retired in Evanston from 1974-1977.

Fr. Walter Edward Huppenbauer, served at St. Thomas of Villanova in Palatine from 1971-1977 and 1983-1994 and retired at St. Joseph’s Home in Palatine from 2005-2009.

Fr. Thomas J. Job, served at St. John Vianney in Northlake from 1970-1975.

Fr. Robert Louis Kealy, served at St. Norbert in Northbrook in 1971 and Saints Faith, Hope and Charity in Winnetka from 2001-2002.

Fr. Thomas Francis Kelly, served at St. John Vianney in Northlake from 1962-1967.

Fr. John Joseph Keough, served at Our Lady of Hope in Rosemont from 1960-1965 and was in residence from 1967-68 and served at Our Lady of Loreto at O’Hare International Airport from 1966-1981.

Fr. George W. Klein, served at St. Joseph Church in Wilmette from 1992-1996, St. Francis Xavier in Wilmette from 1997-2004 and retired at St. Philip the Apostle in Northfield from 2005-2018.

Fr. William Lupo, served at St. Mary in Des Plaines from 1979-1986, Our Lady of the Wayside in Arlington Heights from 1986-1990 and St. Peter Damian in Bartlett from 1990-2002.

Fr. Robert J. Lutz, served at St. Isaac Jogues in Glenview from 1962-1966, Queen of the Rosary in Elk Grove from 1967-1972, St. Norbert Church in Northbrook from 1985-2005 and retired there from 1996-2005.

Fr. Edward J. Maloney, served at Mission San Juan Diego in Palatine from 1998-2002.

Fr. Robert E. Mayer, served St. Edna Church in Arlington Heights from 1982-1983 and St. Stephen Protomartyr in Des Plaines from 1984-1990.

Fr. Vincent E. McCaffrey, served at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Wheeling from 1982-1986.

Fr. Robert Joseph McDonald, served at Saints Faith, Hope and Charity in Winnetka from 1973-1975 and Our Lady of the Brook Parish in Northbrook from 1979-1985.

Fr. Gary M. Miller, served at Queen of the Rosary in Elk Grove from 1983-1988.

Fr. Emmanuel Pallakunnen, served at St. Raymond in Mount Prospect from 1967-1969.

Fr. James M. Ray, was at Addolorata Villa in Wheeling from 1992-1996.

Fr. John Allen Robinson, served at St. Emily in Mount Prospect in 1979 and Queen of the Rosary in Elk Grove from 1994-2005.

Fr. John F. Rohrich, was in residence at St. Francis Xavier in Wilmette from 1973-1975 and St. Peter Parish in Skokie in 1974.

Fr. Raymond Skriba, served at St. Gertrude in Franklin Park from 1962-1967.

Fr. Marion Joseph Snieg, served at St. Thomas of Villanova from 1993-2003.

Fr. Stanley Staniszewski, served at St. Cyprian in River Grove in 1994.

Fr. James Steel, served at St. Stephen Protomartyr in Des Plaines from 1974-1979, St. Joseph the Worker in Wheeling from 1979-1984 and St. John Brebeuf in Niles from 1984-1987.

Fr. Ralph S. Strand, served at St. Mary in Des Plaines from 1986-1991.

Fr. Howard J. Strum, served at Maryville Academy in Des Plaines from 1951-1960 and St. Peter in Skokie in 1969.

Fr. Albert Tanghal, served at Holy Spirit in Schaumburg in 1991 and Our Lady of Ransom in Niles from 1991-1995.

Fr. Joseph Stephen Thomas, served at St. John Vianney in Northlake from 1987-1989 and 1990-2002.

Fr. Donald Francis Ulatowski, served St. Maria Goretti in Schiller Park from 1989-1995.

Fr. Michael Weston, served at Sacred Heart in Winnetka from 1986-1988.

Fr. Joseph M. Wilk, served at St. Matthew in Schaumburg from 1990-2006.

Fr. Harry J. Barton, S.J., served at Loyola Academy in Wilmette in 1960 and from 1982-1988.

Fr. Ignatius M. Burrill, S.J., served at Loyola Academy in Wilmette from 1964-1987.

Fr. Robert J. Joda, S.J., served at the Canisius House in Evanston in 1966.

Fr. David F. McCarthy, S.J., served at Loyola Academy in Wilmette from 1965-1967.

Fr. Donald J. McGuire, S.J., served at Loyola Academy in Wilmette from 1966-1971, Bellarmine Hall in Barrington from 1982-1989 and the Canisius House in Evanston from 1988-2002.

Fr. John Ormechea, C.P., served at the Passionist Provincial Office in Park Ridge from 2013-2018.

Fr. M. Lawrence Reuter, S.J., served at Loyola Academy in Wilmette from 1972-1990.

Fr. Louis P. Rogge, O.Carm., was at Carmelite Fathers Provincial House in Barrington from 1986-1991.

Fr. Daniel Schulte, C.M., served at St. Alexis Medical Center in Hoffman Estates from 2005-2006.

Fr. Wilton Skiffington, S.J., served at Loyola Academy in Wilmette in 1958-1966.

Fr. Vincent Waiches, S.V.D., served at St. Mary Mission House in Techny from 1963-1964.

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