Richard Gregory Theisen: Allegations of Sexual Abuse of a Minor Have Been Admitted, Established or Determined to Be Credible

Richard Gregory Theisen

1952                Ordained

7/8/1952 – Assistant Pastor, St. Francis Borgia

10/26/1957 – Staff, St. Patrick High School

7/9/1958 – Assistant Pastor, St. Francis de Sales Parish

7/9/1963 – Assistant Pastor, St. Henry Parish

6/30/1965 – Assistant Pastor, St. Christina Parish

8/23/1966 – Assistant Pastor, St. Leonard Parish

6/8/1972 – Associate Pastor, St. Cornelius Parish

5/1978             Resigned

4/2001             Laicized

5/15/2003        Report of sexual abuse by Theisen at St. Francis De Sales. (AOC 020225)

9/15/2008        Name appears on Archdiocesan list of priests with credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors.

2/17/2014        Article in the Chicago Tribune notes Theisen as deceased.

(http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-priest-sex-abuse-bios20140121-htmlstory.html)