New Study Examines Assignments of Accused Priests In Chicago

Voice of the Faithful yesterday released a new study titled Priest Work History of Credibly Accused Priests in the Archdiocese of Chicago. It concludes that 60% of Chicago's parishes and institutions had an accused priest working there or in residence at some point in time.  In 2009, 20% still had a credibly accused priest in residence.  Most of the 97 credibly accused priests were assigned to parishes and institutions in a few Chicago zip codes. These appear to be areas with higher concentrations of African-Americans and low median household incomes. A number of parishes and institutions had more than one accused priest assigned to them at the same time.