Chicago Archdiocese Is Sued Over Abuse From 30 Years Ago

CBS Chicago reported yesterday that a new lawsuit has been filed against the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.  In it, plaintiff Martin Yanick claims that nearly 30 years ago as an 11-year old altar boy he was abused by the now-deceased Rev. John Jordan at Chicago's St. Adrian Parish. According to Yanick, the priest told him that the molestation would cleanse him of his sins and mistakes as an altar boy. The suit which asks for at least $350,000 in damages alleges negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, failure to protect children from predatory priests and failure to uphold the church’s special relationship with congregants.  It claims that as the Archdiocese failed to respond to sex abuse allegations made as early as 1976, and that it retained pedophile priests without warning parishioners.