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Lawsuit demands Illinois Catholic churches release names of all priests accused of child sex abuse

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Oct 19, 2018 @ 5:59pm

Accusing Illinois’ Catholic churches of a decades-long cover up, three men and a woman who claim they were victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Illinois Roman Catholic priests have joined together to sue all of the state’s Catholic dioceses, asking a judge to order the dioceses to release the names of priests who have been accused of child sexual abuse since 1950.