Tuesday, November 6, 2018

IN the NEWS - Out to Peoria

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Genesis 13:3
"Three retired priests who had served parishes in the Illinois Valley have been removed from the ministry, the Diocese of Peoria said in
a press release issued Thursday.
The Rev. George Hiland, the Rev. Duane Leclercq and the Rev. John Onderko all have been required to step down from public ministry over what Bishop Daniel Jenky, in the release, termed “credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor.”
Effective immediately, Hiland, Leclercq and Onderko can no longer function as Catholic priests in any public capacity, wear clerical garb or the Roman collar, and are to refrain from using the title ‘Reverend’ or ‘Father,’” Jenky said in the press release."
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