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The Diocese of Peoria (Latin: Diœcesis Peoriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the north central region of Illinois in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago.
The sexual abuse scandal in the Peoria diocese is the part of the Catholic sex abuse cases affecting the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria in the U.S. state of Illinois.. In May 2023, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released an investigative report about sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy in Illinois. [1]
PEORIA – The Catholic Diocese of Peoria plans to officially close St. Bernard Parish in the East Bluff.. The diocese recently announced a litany of changes to prepare for its future.
Louis Tylka was born on May 26, 1970, in Harvey, Illinois, to Louis and Norma Tylka. [1] He has five older sisters. The family moved to Hazel Crest, Illinois.Tylka was educated at St. Joseph Grammar School in Homewood, Illinois, and Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
The Catholic Diocese of Peoria said in a statement that Brennan was a priest with a "good reputation" and denied that Brennan ever sexually assaulted anyone.
As the Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced changes in its structure, some significant changes were made for priesthood positions.
Daniel Robert Jenky, CSC (born March 3, 1947) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois from 2002 until his retirement in 2022. He also served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend in Indiana from 1997 to 2002.
On January 22, 1990, Pope John Paul II accepted O'Rourke's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Peoria. [2] A few months after his retirement, he founded Renaissance Stand, an organization designed to help the long-term unemployed obtain jobs and job training. [1] Edward O'Rourke died in Peoria on September 29, 1999, at age 81.