Christopher Layden

Reverend Christopher Layden, a Catholic priest on the campus of the University of Illinois was arrested after investigators found 3 grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his office and home. Layden has been accused of selling cocaine.¹

Fast Facts

1. Age: 33 years old in 2008
2. Denomination: Catholic
3. Worked at the St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois
4. Charged with two counts of delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine withing 1,000 feet of a church, one count of possession with intent to deliver¹
5. Pleaded not guilty on September 11, 2008
6. Held on $50,000 bail ¹
7. Suspended by the Catholic Diocese of Peoria

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