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Cardinal Blase Cupich is still keeping secrets on child sex abuse by order priests
10/22/2022 12:01:00 AM The Archdiocese of Chicago has posted the names of credibly accused sex-offender priests from multiple Catholic religious orders
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The Archdiocese of Chicago has posted the names of credibly accused sex-offender priests from multiple Catholic religious orders The Archdiocese of Chicago for the first time has posted the names of credibly accused sex-offender priests from multiple Catholic religious orders — with many unexplained omissions. State of WisconsinThe names of some of these deceased clerics already were known as a result of lawsuits and news reports. One was the Rev. Thomas Horne, who served at Holy Name Cathedral — the seat of the Catholic church in the region, in whose rectory Cupich lives — and at St. Peter Damian Church in Bartlett. Horne died in 1985. Other names were less well known, including the Rev. David Ball, who once served at the now-closed Angel Guardian Orphanage on the North Side and who died in 1999, and the Rev. Roland LeCompte, who died in 1969 and once was assigned to Quigley Preparatory Seminary, the now-shuttered high school that trained future priests. Read more:
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Former Mississippi daycare employees who scared children charged over viral videosAuthorities in Mississippi announced Thursday that five former daycare workers were charged with child abuse following a now-viral video that showed them scaring children while wearing a scary mask. former priest James Stein, who was a member of the Norbertine order and was twice convicted of sex crimes in Wisconsin.Dr.Prosecutors said 23-year-old Antonio Brugnoli-Baskin listed himself as a professional babysitter on care.Sign up for FOX 5 email newsletters In just a short time, Waters was being forced to take meth, a powerful stimulant, to be available at all hours for sex buyers. Nate Lindstrom — who killed himself in 2020 — had told friends and family that, as a teenager, he’d been molested by Stein. The priest later lived and ministered for years in Chicago, including filling in and officiating at mass at St. 24. Sabina Church on the South Side around 1990. Now, investigators think Brugnoli-Baskin may have abused more children than previously known. Stein would not comment. 19 — the day after KSAT reported the arrest. James Stein, a former Norbertine priest, in a Wisconsin state sex offender registration photo. Department of Justice. State of Wisconsin More diocesan priests added In addition to the order clergy, Cupich’s list also added 16 Chicago-area diocesan priests “against whom allegations of sexual abuse of a minor were substantiated after their death. “The information found during Timothy Kimball’s background check currently constitutes a bar from working with DFPS clients,” the Oct. Between 2018 and 2020, Brugnoli-Baskin worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor at public pools in Magnolia and Queen Anne, and taught skiing at Snoqualmie Pass, SPD said.” Those priests had served in a total of more than 80 assignments, mostly at parishes in Chicago and the suburbs. The names of some of these deceased clerics already were known as a result of lawsuits and news reports. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Kimball, 43, had a strange conversation with the mother of a 12-year-old girl in August that made the woman suspicious that Kimball may have touched her daughter inappropriately. One was the Rev. “We are deeply disturbed by this incident and our thoughts are with any impacted family. Thomas Horne, who served at Holy Name Cathedral — the seat of the Catholic church in the region, in whose rectory Cupich lives — and at St. She then recalled that Kimball once told her “if the police ever went to his work they would discover things that would put him in jail for life,” the affidavit states.m. Peter Damian Church in Bartlett. Horne died in 1985. Kimball told police he purchased four hidden cameras and admitted to recording the girl in her bedroom using the cameras. “In this particular instance, this individual underwent both our CareCheck and a Criminal Records Check. Related Camp run by Catholic religious order had 5 staffers later accused of child sex abuse Other names were less well known, including the Rev. David Ball, who once served at the now-closed Angel Guardian Orphanage on the North Side and who died in 1999, and the Rev. Kimball also told police he would get physically aroused while giving the girl a back massage. Roland LeCompte, who died in 1969 and once was assigned to Quigley Preparatory Seminary, the now-shuttered high school that trained future priests. Follow Sam Campbell on. "Trafficking is now the mother who can’t afford to pay rent and gives her 12-year-old daughter to the landlord to have sex with, or kids who are having trouble at home who really don't get love and affection or see what proper love and affection look like," Waters said. Though Cupich’s office wouldn’t answer questions about the new names on the list, it appears that the dead diocesan priests who were added all had faced two or more credible accusations of child sex abuse. Kimball, who told police his actions and behaviors started at the beginning of August, was released on $125,000 bond on Aug. Related How one Catholic order closes its eyes to sexual abuse by clergy Also added to the list were seven “extern priests” from other dioceses, including northwest Indiana and Joliet, who “served in an archdiocesan ministry and have been identified by their respective dioceses as having a substantiated or credible allegation of child sexual abuse made against them.” While the archdiocese list doesn’t identify their assignments, other records show one of those men, a now-deceased priest from Poland named Aloysius Piorkowski, had served at St. Kimball has been practicing for 18 years, according to an online biography. Pancratius Church in Brighton Park and at the storied Nebraska orphanage Boys Town. Church authorities believe he had “multiple” child victims. St. Pancratius Church in Brighton Park. Archdiocese of Chicago In addition to Ormechea, the Sun-Times found other members of religious orders who weren’t added to the archdiocese’s list though they previously had been found to have been credibly accused of molesting kids. They include: A member of the Viatorians, the order that runs St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights. Members of the Vincentians, the order that runs DePaul University in Lincoln Park. A member of the Paulists, the order that runs Old St. Mary’s Church in the South Loop. The Irish Christian Brothers order — which runs Brother Rice High School on the Far Southwest Side and St. Laurence High School in Burbank — maintains a list of 49 members it says have faced two or more sexual misconduct accusations, but its list doesn’t identify clerics who faced accusations that were found to have been credible, those facing claims deemed not credible and those facing accusations that weren’t ever investigated. At least a dozen of the men on the list served at some point in the Chicago area, records show. Related The archdiocese doesn’t include any of them among the names it added. One of them, Brother Edward Courtney, was a “serial sexual predator” responsible for abusing more than 50 children, according to court records, interviews and news accounts. Brother Edward Courtney, a member of the Irish Christian Brothers and a “serial sexual predator” who was accused of molesting dozens of kids in Chicago and elsewhere. Provided A relative says Courtney died in 2021. Convicted — but not on the list Also, Brother Ronald Lasik, who died in 2020, is on the Irish Christian Brothers’ list but not on Cupich’s, though he worked in Chicago at St. Laurence and Leo High School decades ago and was convicted of molesting children at Mount Cashel orphanage in Canada. Court records show one boy was sodomized “200 times or more” and subjected to “other sexual activity including masturbation and oral sex.” Related .