Chicago priest reinstated after investigation into allegation of sexual abuse of minor: Archdiocese

Chicago Archdiocese clears retired priest accused of sexual abuse, approves return to ministry

<p>The Archdiocese of Chicago is allowing a retired priest to return to ministry after the church's independent review board found no reasonable cause to believe he had abused a minor decades ago.</p><p>In a letter distributed Saturday to six parish communities, Cardinal Blase Cupich said he had accepted the review board’s recommendation to close the case against the Rev. Kenneth Fleck.</p><p>The archdiocese received the allegation in July, more…

Chicago priest reinstated after investigation into allegation of sexual abuse of minor: Archdiocese

A priest has been returned to ministry after an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor determined there is "not a reasonable cause to believe" he committed the abuse, the Archdiocese of Chicago said.

Chicago priest reinstated after investigation into allegation of sexual abuse of minor: Archdiocese – BishopAccountability.org

‘There is not a reasonable cause to believe Father Fleck sexually abused the person making the accusation,’ Cupich letter reads A Chicago priest has been returned to ministry after an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor, the Archdiocese of Chicago said. In July, the Archdiocese of Chicago sent letters to multiple church communities after Father Kenneth Fleck was accused of sexual abuse more than 30 years ago at Our Lady o…

Former St. George pastor cleared of sex-abuse allegation

The former pastor of St. George Parish in Tinley Park has been cleared of a sexual abuse allegation. Rev. Kenneth Fleck has been reinstated to ministry after an independent panel ruled there is “not a reasonable cause to believe Father Fleck sexually abused the person making the accusation,” according to Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of...