Information about Former Libertyville Priest Included in Archdiocese Documents

By Korrina Grom
Patch
January 23, 2014

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Information about a former Libertyville priest was included among the documents released this week that detail how the Archdiocese of Chicago handled sexual abuse cases involving clergy.

The Libertyville priest was Thomas Job, who served as an associate pastor at St. Joseph Church in the 1980s, according to the documents at

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The documents offer a detailed timeline of Job's service with the Archdiocese of Chicago, from his pre-ordination days at Santa Maria del Popolo in Mundelein, to the years he spent at parishes like St. Bede's in Ingleside, St. John Vianney in Northlake and St. Cletus in La Grange.

An Archdiocese of Chicago memo from the vicar for priests from November 1983, itemized as AOC 003208, states, for example, that a 17-year-old boy told a member of the clergy "that he had engaged in sexual activities with Fr. Job while he was associate pastor at St. Cletus, La Grange."

The documents state that Cardinal Bernadin accepted Job's resignation in November 1991.

According to a Chicago Tribune story from 2005, the Archdiocese of Chicago reached a settlement in October of that year with 24 adults who had accused 14 priests—including Job—of molesting them as children. Job was alleged to have engaged in the abuse in the early 1970s, the Tribune reported.