The Diocese of Joliet and Father Nestor Sanchez now find themselves as co-defendants in a new civil lawsuit at the Will ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet has agreed to give prosecutors records of all allegations of sexual abuse of minors by priests in the diocese. The records, including sealed court records, date ...

Diocese of Joliet Catholic Schools invite families with students in fourth through eighth grade to learn more about the local schools rooted in the Catholic faith at their next Catholic High School ...

April 30, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The files of 16 Joliet priests accused of sexually abusing children were released to the public Wednesday. The priests' files, made up of about 7,000 documents, were ...

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- A Joliet priest has apologized for remarks he made earlier this week about people claiming to have been sexually abused by Roman Catholic clergy. The Rev. Richard Ross, pastor of ...

CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago Catholic diocese reached a settlement of $1.4 million in a lawsuit filed by three men who alleged they were molested by their priest as children, the two sides announced ...

JOLIET, Ill. -- The Catholic bishop who runs the Joliet Diocese has transferred at least four priests accused of sexually abusing children without warning their new parishes and quietly accepted into ...

Documents claiming defrocked Davenport priest James Janssen molested an altar boy while serving a stint in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet were released by a Chicago law firm this week. Janssen, ...