A Honduran national living in Lake Villa, who was previously deported, was arrested after prosecutors say he harbored a missing child from Round Lake Beach and then sexually abused her. Mateo Ramos-Zuniga, 22, of Lake Villa, was charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony, and harboring a runaway, a […]
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District 128 administrator placed on leave amid backlash in handling of Libertyville HS teacher accused of sexual abuse of disabled student
A District 128 administrator has been placed on leave amid public backlash over the school district knowing a Libertyville High School teacher’s history but still allowing him around children, at which time he allegedly sexually abused a disabled student, and then letting him quietly retire. A lawsuit was filed earlier this year by Feagans Law […]
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Highland Park man, former real estate exec sentenced to probation for sexually abusing boy at gym in Northbrook
A Highland Park man and former real estate executive has been sentenced to probation after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child at a fitness center in Northbrook as police say there could be more victims. Michael A. Tobin, 73, of Highland Park, was charged in December 2024 with aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated […]
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‘Campaign of grooming’: Lawsuit accuses former Libertyville HS teacher of sexual abuse of disabled juvenile student
A lawsuit has been filed against Libertyville High School accusing the school district of knowing of a teacher’s history but still allowing him around children where he sexually abused a disabled student during a “campaign of grooming.” The lawsuit was filed by Feagans Law Group, based in Chicago, on behalf of an unnamed mother and […]
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Pastor at Lake Zurich church, school permanently removed from position while on leave for 3rd child sex abuse investigation
A pastor at a Lake Zurich church and school who has been accused of sexually abusing minors three separate times has been permanently replaced even as the archbishop continues to praise him. Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, wrote in a recent letter to the community at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish in […]
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Pastor at Buffalo Grove church, other Chicago area churches placed on leave amid child sex abuse investigation
A pastor at a church in Buffalo Grove, as well as other churches in the Chicago area, has been suspended after the Archdiocese said it received a report of him sexually abusing a child. Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich announced the news in a letter to members of St. Mary Catholic Church, 10 […]
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Deacon serving at church in Round Lake placed on leave after allegations of sexual abuse involving children
A deacon at a church in Round Lake has been suspended after the Archdiocese announced an investigation into him regarding the sexual abuse of children. Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich announced the news in a letter to members of St. Joseph Catholic Church, 114 North Lincoln Avenue in Round Lake, on Wednesday. The […]
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Pastor at Lake Zurich church, school placed on leave following third child sex abuse investigation
A pastor at a Lake Zurich church and school has been placed on leave after the Archdiocese of Chicago announced he was accused of sexual abuse of a minor, his third such accusation. Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, wrote this week in a letter to the community at St. Francis de Sales Catholic […]
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Indian national charged with sexually abusing young woman who was hosting garage sale in Buffalo Grove
Prosecutors say an Indian national sexually abused a young woman, whom he did not know, while attending a neighborhood garage sale that she hosted in Buffalo Grove. The Buffalo Grove Police Department responded around 12:25 p.m. on July 11 to a home on West Fabish Drive in Buffalo Grove for a report of a sexual […]