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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.
The 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, 3647 W. North Ave., over short periods of time in past years.
Chicago police are warning residents after multiple reports of sexual abuse involving a man riding an electric scooter.
A former Chicago Public Schools dean has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, after he was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a Little Village Lawndale High School student.
A letter to members of the parish said the abuse happened when Fr. David Ryan was on the staff at Maryville Academy about 30 years ago.
A letter to members of the parish said the abuse happened when Fr. David Ryan was on the staff at Maryville Academy about 30 years ago.
Operation Grayskull helped shutter four heavily trafficked dark web sites where violent child sexual abuse materials were traded and housed.
Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse in juvenile detention.
Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit alleging abuse in juvenile detention.
Chicago police are searching for a man who they said sexually abused two teen girls after trespassing in Roscoe Village early Sunday morning.
The dean of the young woman's former school, Brian Crowder, is now facing criminal sexual assault charges.
The victim said she was sexually abused from 2013 until 2016 by Brian Crowder, the dean of the Greater Lawndale School for Social Justice.
A man is charged for allegedly sexually abusing two young girls at the playground in Chicago's Dearbork park.
A Downers Grove South High School teacher previously charged with sexually assaulting her 15-year-old student is now facing 52 more charges related to that boy.
Police said three female minors were at the playground at Jones Park. A short time later, the suspect approached one of the girls and grabbed her as she crawled on playground equipment.
The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the 12000 block of South Plymouth Court.
The new charges against Murtaza Hameed involved three more alleged victims, bringing the total to five.
At his court appearance Tuesday, Judge Brian Telander granted Hameed pretrial release over prosecutors' objection, according to the DuPage County State's Attorney's office.
Cyril Willemin, 50, is charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault, one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and two counts of criminal sexual abuse.
A sexual abuse survivors' group is asking Pope Leo XIV to sign new canon law on sex abuse by priests in the Catholic Church.
Pfleger said he considered ending his life when he was accused of sexual abuse. He was later cleared of all the allegations.
Murtaza Hameed, 46, of Naperville, was ordered held until trial.
Murtaza Hameed, 46, of Naperville, appeared in court over the weekend.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests is calling for the new pope to impose a zero-tolerance policy.
Published reports indicated that Farris was released on home monitoring in March, then ordered detained again last week, only to be released again on Wednesday.
