Lawyer Mitchell Garabedian asked the Archdiocese of Chicago to add Father George Clements to the list of priests accused of sex abuse
An Archdiocese of Chicago settlement names Father George Clements as the alleged sexual abuser of a 7-year-old boy in the 1970s.The Archdiocese of Chicago last month doubled the length of a list of priests credibly accused of sex abuse, but lawyers for a man who received a six-figure payout from the church last year say the list is missing the name of Fr. George Clements.
"My client was found credible and given a six-figure settlement," said Garabedian, who negotiated the payout on behalf of multiple clients. The client who accused Clements was not the same person who first came forward in 2019 with the allegations that prompted Clements to step down, an indication that Clements faced more than one allegation of abuse, Garabedian said. Adding Clements' name to the list would help his client, who is now in his 50s, heal from the abuse.
Over the years, Clements became a noted civil rights activist who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago, as well as across the South. In 1980, he became the first Catholic priest to adopt a child, and would go on to adopt three other children. His story was made into a TV movie in 1987, with Louis Gossett Jr. playing Clements.
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