Dubuque, IA- Another person has come forward with sex abuse allegations against a Catholic priest who served more than a dozen eastern Iowa parishes in the 1980s and ’90s.
Radio Iowa reports that Father Leo Riley, in Florida since 2002, was placed on administrative leave last month, after a different adult accused Riley of abuse in the mid-1980s.
Riley was assigned to a church in Dubuque at the time. About a decade ago, Riley was accused of abusing a minor at the Church of the Resurrection in Dubuque in 1985. The Archbishop of Dubuque — back in 2015 — said that previous investigation was dropped because the information available didn’t support a reasonable belief that the allegation was true.
Bishop Richard Pates has sent a letter to all Iowa parishes where Riley served, asking people with any information about alleged abuse to contact the archdiocese in Dubuque.
Bishop Pates said in a written statement that the archdiocese is committed to working diligently to ensure a safe environment for children and other vulnerable individuals in its churches and schools.
