Call the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-25-ABUSE (1-800-252-2873)
To Report an Allegation of Abuse to the
Archdiocese of Chicago
Contact Leah McCluskey, Director of the Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review at 1-800-994-6200 or 312-534-5205
You may also send written correspondence to:
Leah McCluskey, MSW, LSW, Director
Office for Child Abuse Investigations & Review
Archdiocese of Chicago
Post Office Box 1979
Chicago, Illinois 60690-1979
Help with your Healing Journey
If you are a victim of sexual abuse by any Archdiocese of Chicago personnel including clergy, the Office for Assistance Ministry would like to help you on your healing journey. Their mission is to provide pastoral care, support, and resources to victims-survivors of sexual abuse and their loved ones in their efforts to achieve psychological, emotional, and spiritual healing.
For more information about the Office of Assistance Ministry, visit the office’s page on the Archdiocesan website at www.archchicago.org.
Listen Online to a Letter from the Cardinal
Click the play button below to listen to a statement from Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., made on May 30, 2010, the Feast of the Most Blessed Trinity. Cardinal George is responding to the sexual abuse reports, the Archdiocese's healing garden, and its instituted training for adults to watch for signs of abuse in children. Click here for further resources from the Archdiocese.
