Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the Catholic Clergy Abuse Investigation Team thank the following individuals for their assistance with the investigation and report:
- The courageous survivors of child sex abuse by Catholic clerics and religious brothers who shared their experiences with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.
- Former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan for her courage in initiating the Office’s investigation into child sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Illinois.
Former Office attorneys and staff who assisted in the investigation while working at the Office:
- Lauren H. Barski
- Aaron Chait
- Matthew V. Chimienti
- Ashley Evans
- Erik Jones
- Jeffrey J. VanDam
Experts in fields central to the investigation and/or the report:
- Mariá Balata, Pathways Program for survivors of interpersonal violence, Swedish Hospital
- Thomas Doyle, canon law consultant and longtime friend of child sex abuse survivors
- Brian Moloney, Lisa King, and the team at Imaginary Landscape, LLC
- Dr. Greg Ridgeway, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, University of Pennsylvania
- Terence McKiernan, Anne Barrett Doyle, and Suzy Nauman, of BishopAccountability.org, a data and information source regarding child sex abuse by Catholic clerics and brothers
Current members of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General who made substantial contributions to the investigation and report:
- Adam Braun – Executive Deputy Attorney General
- Timothy Diamond – Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Justice
- Dr. Monique Anawis – Medical Director/Health Equity Counsel
- Stevi Steines – Senior Assistant Attorney General
- Cordelia Coppleson – Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Enforcement Division
- Jessica O’Leary – Address Confidentiality Director
- Annie Thompson – Senior Press Secretary
Investigation Team
Attorneys and Policy Advisors:
- Thomas J. Verticchio – Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General
- Caitlyn McEllis – Senior Policy Counsel
- Wendy J. Cohen – Senior Policy Advisor
- Darren Kinkead – Deputy Bureau Chief, Special Litigation
- Eileen Boyle Perich – Senior Assistant Attorney General
- Isaac Freilich Jones – Assistant Attorney General-2
- Sarah J. Gallo – Assistant Attorney General-2
- Sandra Gallant-Jones – Assistant Attorney General
- John Hazinski – Assistant Attorney General
- Elizabeth H. Jordan – Assistant Attorney General
Investigators:
- Lyle Evans – Attorney General Investigations Division Chief
- Terence Shiel – Attorney General Investigations Deputy Chief
- Thomas Berola – Attorney General Investigations Deputy Chief
- Barbara Healy – Attorney General Special Investigator
Paralegals:
- Stefanie Krajewski
- Britny Lamb
- Jennifer Palumbo