Retired Chicago priest cleared of sexual abuse allegations, reinstated
A retired priest has been cleared by the Archdiocese of Chicago after a sexual abuse allegation.
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A retired priest has been cleared by the Archdiocese of Chicago after a sexual abuse allegation.
According to the attorneys, the priests targeted more than 100 young Black children at Holy Angels parish between 1969 and 2002.
A federal judge has granted a stipulated temporary restraining order exempting the Chicago Archdiocese and its health care providers from participating in Illinois' new medical aid in dying law or being penalized for their refusal.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
The Vatican is upholding the decision to shut down St. Hubert Catholic School in Hoffman Estates.
Two Catholic schools that merged in 2021 moved all of their classes to a single campus on Tuesday as they started the new school year.
Two Chicago Catholic parishes celebrated their partnership with a taco fiesta on Sunday.
Five Chicago-area Catholic parishes received letters this week about an allegation of sexual abuse against a priest who had worked in all of them.
John Rahimi, Raymond Grieshaber, and Conrad Espino were ordained on Saturday morning during a ceremony at Holy Name Cathedral on the city's Near North Side.
The archdiocese sent a letter to parishioners at Saint Francis of Assisi on Saturday, informing them of the removal of Rev. Jose Molina.
The Archdiocese of Chicago said Chicago Public Schools is restoring funding for students with disabilities in Catholic schools starting Monday.
The Archdiocese is accusing Chicago Public Schools of abruptly pulling funding for their students with disabilities, but the district disputes their claim.
Overall, the archdiocese expects over 1,000 new members to join the church this year—a 52% increase from a year ago.
During his Palm Sunday homily at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, Blase Cardinal Cupich echoed an antiwar message delivered by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square.
A tutor and substitute teacher was in court on Friday, charged with inappropriately touching a child he was tutoring in Orland Park. He's also been charged with inappropriately touching a student he was teaching in Evergreen Park.
A former Catholic school teacher, who just days ago was fired by the Archdiocese of Chicago, has been charged with sexually abusing a child while working as a private tutor in southwest suburban Orland Park.
The Archdiocese of Chicago has fired a substitute teacher with a history of child molestation allegations in Illinois and other states.
Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich and the archbishops of Washington D.C. and Newark, New Jersey, released a joint statement on American foreign policy Monday, a rare move for leaders of the Catholic Church.
Rev. Denis Manuel Carneiro, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Bhopal, India, is accused of the abuse that allegedly happened 60 years ago in India
Pope Leo addressed the crowd standing in the cold and rain at Saint Peter's Square ahead of celebrating the first Christmas mass of his papacy.
Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners.
A Catholic priest from Chicago's south suburbs took an interesting journey, walking from Dolton to New York, a trek of more than 50 days, as he sent a message to immigrant families.
The Archdiocese of Chicago faces new accusations and three lawsuits accusing the Catholic church of keeping two priests in the ministry for decades, despite warnings and complaints of sexual abuse of children.
Holy Name Cathedral has officially turned 150 years old.
A letter announced an allegation against Father Ernest Tovar-Trejo, a priest from the Diocese of Tampico, Mexico, who the archdiocese said has visited Maternity BVM Church in Humboldt Park.
