Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago
Summary of Assignments:
- 5/1/1956: Ordained
- 1956-1962: St. Louise de Marillac; La Grange Park, IL
- 1962-1967: St. Anastasia’s; Waukegan, IL
- 1967-1968: St. Simeon’s; Bellwood, IL
- 1968-1973: Infant Jesus of Prague; Flossmoor, IL
- 1973-1975: St. John the Evangelist; Streamwood, IL
- 1975-1981: St. John Baptist Vianny, Cure of Ars
- 1981-1985: St. James; Highwood, IL
- 1985-1990: St. Ann’s; Lansing, IL
- 1990-1997: St. Gerald’s; Oak Lawn, IL
- 1997-2002: St. Bede’s; Ingleside, IL
- 2000: Retired
- 2002-2005: Bishop Lyne Home; Lemont, IL
- 10/2003: Removed from public ministry
Notes:
Newly identified as abuser on Chicago Archdiocesan Report released 3/20/06. Removed from Public Ministry 10/03. No further information found as of 7/19/09. Per documents released by archdiocese 11/14, Herreran was accused in 3/93 of sexual abuse of 12-yr-old girl in late 1970s at St. John Vianney in Northlake. Restricted from being alone with minors for 4 months. Two more allegations surfaced in 2002 and 2003: a person claimed sexual exploitation by Hefferon 1964-67 at St. Anastasia’s in Waukegan, and a woman filed a formal complaint that Hefferan fondled her breasts in the late 1960s, when she was in junior high school in Flossmore.
Sources:
BA.org Assignment Record; Hefferan Personnel File; Jeff Anderson & Associates Timeline; Chicago Archdiocesan Report 03.20.06; Chicago Sun-Times 03.21.06; Chicago Tribune 03.21.06; Daily Herald 11.06.14; Suburban Life 11.07.14; Archdiocese of Chicago Documents 11.11.14; http://bishop-accountability.org/member/psearch.jsp