Afternoon Briefing: Lake Zurich Priest Placed on Leave for the Third Time

Afternoon Briefing: Lake Zurich priest placed on leave for the third time

Good afternoon, Chicago. Texas House Democrats began returning to their state today after spending two weeks in the Chicago area and other parts of the country to prevent the Republican majority in their legislature from passing a new gerrymandered congressional map aimed at eliminating five Democratic seats. Yesterday, Texas state Rep. James Talarico received almost a familiar welcome as he delivered a rare politician-led sermon to the congrega…

After a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse decades ago at Maryville Academy, a Lake Zurich priest is placed on leave for the third time

The letter arrived in late July with the tone of the two before it, the ones that announced the Rev. David Ryan, a longtime Chicago-area priest, had been placed on leave amid allegations of child sexual abuse. This one, like those previous, came with a sense of the somber, an acknowledgment of the severity of the accusations and a reminder of the presumption of innocence. The letter was dated July 29, with Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, the archbishop