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San Damiano College for the Trades, which is currently accepting applications for its inaugural class in the fall of 2025, is geared toward young men and will be located on the former Springfield, Illinois, campus of the Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Cross. / Credit: San Damiano College for the TradesAnn Arbor, Michigan, May 29, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA).The founding of San Damiano College for the Trades responds to a call from Springfield, Illinois, Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki to set a new path for Catholic education in the diocese and broader United States.The new college, which is currently accepting applications for its inaugural class in the fall of 2025, is geared toward young men and will be located on the former Springfield, Illinois, campus of the Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Cross, who operated the St. James Trade School there from 1928 to 1972.According to a press release from San Damiano, the Norbertine order of priests and brothers, which have a priory on campus, wi...
CaliforniaUnited-statesWyomingAnn-arborMichiganSpringfieldIllinoisSantiagoRegióetropolitanaChileBishop-thomasj-paprockiKentj-lasnoskiFather Frederick Lenczycki (left) admitted to abusing more than 30 children in three states; Bishop Joseph Imesch of the Diocese of Joliet had recommended him for a transfer without disclosing allegations against the priest. / Credit: Illinois Department of Corrections; Diocese of JolietWashington D.C., May 26, 2023 / 07:50 am (CNA).The Illinois attorney general's "Report on Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse in Illinois," released Tuesday, found nearly 2,000 substantiated claims of child sex abuse from 541 Catholic clerics over 70 years and alleged numerous examples of intentional cover-ups and inadequate responses from bishops. "Decades of Catholic leadership decisions and policies have allowed known child sex abusers to hide, often in plain sight," Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a statement. The report showed examples of bishops and archbishops transferring accused child abusers to other parishes or other dioceses while failing to make the public aware...
United-statesMissouriWashingtonSpringfieldIllinoisChicagoJolietSan-franciscoCaliforniaBishop-albert-zurowesteBishop-john-wurmBishop-william-oconnorHoly Name Cathedral in Chicago, Ill., mother church of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock. / nullCNA Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 15:27 pm (CNA).A report published by the Illinois attorney general's office alleges that 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers sexually abused 1,997 victims within the state's Catholic dioceses over a 70-year period. The report, published May 23, unveils a comprehensive list of "substantiated child sex abuse" allegations, which the attorney general's office compiled with assistance from each of the six dioceses in Illinois. The report covers allegations from 1950 through 2019.Investigators from the attorney general's office reviewed more than 100,000 pages of documents provided by the dioceses related to abuse allegations and policies and procedures on how they dealt with the allegations. They also conducted interviews with diocesan representatives and with numerous victims who made the allegations. The...
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