Joliet Diocese List of Credibly Accused Abusers Includes Former Downers Grove Pastors
Total of priests believed to have abused children now stands at 34.
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Joliet Diocese List of Credibly Accused Abusers Includes Former Downers Grove Pastors
Total of priests believed to have abused children now stands at 34.
In addition to the thousands of pages to be released detailing decades of abuse at the hands of Catholic priests in the Joliet Diocese, the organization Tuesday also released an updated list of credibly accused abusers. The list includes two priests from the Divine Savior Parish in Downers Grove, including its founding pastor, the Rev. Donald Pock. The accusations against Pock were brought to light in 2002—two years before his death, according to the diocese. He served as pastor of Divine Savior from 1968 until 1975. Divine Savior's website states that Pock left due to ill health, but a 2006 report by Sun-Times Media claimed he was removed from the parish and sent for counseling after allegations of sexual abuse. Pock was then appointed …
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Ann Kerbs
8:16 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
While the actions of the abusers is truly horrifying, that's not the reason for the vilification of the Church. It's about the way church officials and the Vatican covered up the abuse and essentially provided new victims to the abusers when they were moved to different parishes. That vilification is well deserved, and the Church needs to completely come clean on this. That hasn't happened yet. … more ›