Fr. Leonardo Mateo
- 1959: Ordained
- 1960: St. Anastasia, Los Angeles, CA (LA)
- 1961-1975: Unknown
- 1976: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, El Paso, TX (ELP)
- 1977: Unknown
- 1976-1977: Unknown
- 1978-1982: Immaculate Conception, Elmhurst, IL (JOL)
- 1983-1984: Unknown
- 1985: St. Nicholas, Virginia Beach, VA (RIC)
- 1986: Unknown
- 1987-1989: Immaculate Conception, Waukegan, IL (CHI)
- 1990-1991: Unknown
- 1992: St. Bede, Ingleside, IL (CHI)
- 1993-2003: Unknown
- 2004: Died
Fr. Leonard Mateo was ordained to the Archdiocese of Cebu, Philippines in 1959, but worked for many years as an extern priest throughout the United States. Fr. Mateo has been accused of child sexual abuse while working in the Diocese of Tagbilaran, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and the Diocese of Joliet. In 1984, multiple survivors came forward and accused Fr. Mateo of child sexual abuse while he worked at Immaculate Conception in Elmhurst. Amid the abuse allegations, it is believed that Fr. Mateo left the Diocese of Joliet and later returned back to the Archdiocese of Cebu in the 1990’s. Fr. Mateo has been named in at least three child sexual abuse lawsuits. Fr. Mateo was included in the Diocese of Joliet’s list of “Diocesan Priests with Credible Allegation(s) of Sexual Misconduct with Minors Made Against Them While Serving in the Diocese of Joliet” with “Substantiated Allegations” and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Report to the People of God: Clergy Sexual Abuse, dated February 17, 2004. Fr. Mateo’s whereabouts, status as a priest, and whether he had access to children from 1993 until his death in 2004 are unknown.