Facing an ever-shrinking number of priests, the Catholic Diocese of Peoria is weighing a plan that would close several churches in the area over the next decade.
DANVILLE — A proposed merger to form one parish by the Catholic Diocese of Peoria for the Danville area would close Holy Family Catholic Church on East Main Street in
Catholic dioceses in Illinois failed to disclose hundreds of abusive clerics before the state opened what would become a yearslong investigation into sex abuse within the church, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday.