Former U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert dies at 84
Hastert pleaded guilty in 2015 to withdrawing money illegally to pay a former student he was accused of sexually abusing.
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Hastert pleaded guilty in 2015 to withdrawing money illegally to pay a former student he was accused of sexually abusing.
Chicago police said the suspect sat behind a passenger and inappropriately touched her before fleeing the train.
Survivors and their loved ones use the mass to reconcile their experiences of abuse with their desire to remain part of a catholic faith community.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert after a man groped a woman on a CTA Red Line subway platform downtown.
Police said at 9:04 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, the man approached a 25-year-old woman and grabbed her buttocks on a Chicago Transit Authority platform in the 100 block of North State Street — the address of the Lake Red Line stop.
Chicago police this past weekend issued a warning about a man who grabbed a woman at a CTA Blue Line station in Wicker Park.
Chicago police this past weekend issued a warning about a man who grabbed a woman at a CTA Blue Line station in Wicker Park.
CPD said an unknown man approached each victim from behind, wrapped his arms around them and then grabbed their private areas over their clothes.
The incidents happened between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday in the Avondale neighborhood.
A Vernon Hills softball coach will remain behind bars on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl as two more alleged victims came forward, prosecutors said Wednesday.
A youth softball coach accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl has been arrested after turning himself in to police in north suburban Vernon Hills.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
The 600,000-square-foot facility is meant to house convicted youth or youth awaiting trial. At one point, it was notorious for overcrowding and continues to be criticized for mismanagement and abuse of young people by staff.
Chicago police are searching for a man wanted for sexual abuse in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood on August 12.
Last month, Pfleger was removed from ministry and sent to live away from the parish after he was accused of sexual abuse of a minor more than 30 years ago.
Five Chicago-area Catholic parishes received letters this week about an allegation of sexual abuse against a priest who had worked in all of them.
The leadership and members of St. Sabina Church spoke out on Friday, defending longtime pastor Fr. Michael Pfleger, who has stepped aside from the ministry amid an allegation of sexual abuse.
Due to the allegation, Father Pfleger will step aside from ministry and live away from the parish during the investigation, the archdiocese said.
A man is charged for sexually assaulting a woman while she was jogging on the 606 Trail in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood over the weekend.
A registered sex offender was ordered detained until trial Thursday on charges that he sexually abused a 6-year-old girl at a bus stop in Chicago's Chatham community last weekend.
CPD says the suspect used his bare hand to sexually abuse the child after pretending to fall and bracing his fall by grabbing the girl.
The FBI is involved in a sexual abuse investigation at a school in Aurora, Illinois, and is searching for more victims.
Chicago police on Tuesday were searching for a man they said sexually abused two children in the Northwest Side's Portage Park neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday were searching for a man they said sexually abused two children in the Northwest Side’s Portage Park neighborhood.
Legislation protecting Illinois customers receiving professional massages from sexual assaults and harassment is now on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker for his signature.
