Illinois Diocese Settles Sex Abuse Lawsuit

According to today's Bergen County (NJ) Record, the Catholic Diocese of Peoria, Illinois has agreed to pay $1.35 million in a settlement of a lawsuit alleging that John J. Meyers-- its former bishop and now Archbishop of Newark-- failed to adequately investigate a 1995 report of sexual abuse by a priest. Plaintiff in the lawsuit and at least three other boys were abused by the priest, Monsignor Thomas W. Maloney, after the 1995 complaint against him.