WHEATON, Ill. -- After the first week of school at St. Francis in Wheaton, Ill. some upperclassmen are speaking out about the high school's policy on pronoun use. "I don't have a problem with someone ...

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 ...

CHICAGO -- The Archdiocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Joliet have canceled public celebrations of Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Chrism Mass and Easter as restrictions on public gatherings continue amid ...

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. (AP) -- In a ruling involving a new state law, a Will County judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by five men alleging sexual abuse more than 20 years ago by priests in the Roman Catholic ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Joliet Diocese will consider safety protocols Thursday and security experts are weighing in on measures that should be ...

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, ...