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A 2008 lawsuit against the Diocese of Belleville revealed Bishop Zuroweste's treatment of a sexual abuse allegations against a priest during the 1970's. In 1973, Gina Parks, a 16-year-old parishioner in St. Francisville , told diocesan officials that her parish priest, Raymond Kownacki, had raped and impregnated her.
The Illinois attorney general’s office spent more than five years investigating accusations of sexual misconduct among the state’s Catholic priests.
The first priest removed from ministry in the Belleville Diocese was the Rev. Jerome Ratermann, 61, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Belleville, on March 5, 1993.
On April 3, 2020, Pope Francis appointed McGovern as bishop of Belleville. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His consecration took place on July 22, 2020, at the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Belleville. His principal consecrator was Cardinal Blase Cupich , with Bishops George J. Rassas , and Edward Braxton serving as co-consecrators.
On March 13, 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed Schlarman as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Belleville and titular bishop of Capreae. He was consecrated on May 14, 1979 by Bishop William Cosgrove, with Bishops Albert Zuroweste and Philip Murphy serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Belleville [2] He selected as his episcopal motto, "Who Is A Rock But Our God ...
Here’s a report the Catholic Diocese of Belleville send the BND ahead of the release of the Illinois Attorney General’s report on abusive priests on Tuesday.
The Cathedral of Saint Peter is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville, located in Belleville, Illinois.. The cathedral parish of Saint Peter was founded in 1842 at a location east of the present structure, and named after Saint Barnabas the Apostle; it was rededicated to Saint Peter in 1847.
During a 2008 lawsuit against the Diocese of Belleville, information was revealed about Zuroweste's treatment of a child abuser priest. In 1973 Gina Parks, a 16 year-old parishioner in St. Francisville, Illinois, told diocesan officials that her parish priest, Raymond Kownacki, had raped and impregnated her. Kownacki also encouraged Parks to ...