{"id":37465,"date":"2025-05-26T23:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T23:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=37465"},"modified":"2025-05-26T23:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T23:47:10","slug":"priest-accused-of-sex-abuse-dismissed-from-augustinians-over-disagreement-with-superior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/priest-accused-of-sex-abuse-dismissed-from-augustinians-over-disagreement-with-superior\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacerdote acusado de abuso sexual es expulsado de los agustinos por un \u00abdesacuerdo\u00bb con su superior"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/storage\/image\/augustinianordercoatofarms051625.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">El escudo de armas cl\u00e1sico de la Orden de San Agust\u00edn. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: NicolasGrisales, CC BY-SA 4.0, v\u00eda Wikimedia Commons<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Personal de CNA, 16 de mayo de 2025 \/ 16:11 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Un sacerdote que fue acusado en m\u00faltiples ocasiones de abuso sexual, incluida la posesi\u00f3n de pornograf\u00eda infantil, ha sido expulsado de la Orden de San Agust\u00edn, supuestamente tras un largo \u00abdesacuerdo\u00bb con la orden.<\/p>\n<p>El padre Richard McGrath fue supuestamente apartado de la orden \u00abtras un prolongado periodo de desacuerdo con su superior directo\u00bb, seg\u00fan Michael Airdo, un abogado que ha representado a los agustinos en el pasado.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La expulsi\u00f3n se produjo supuestamente en diciembre de 2024, seg\u00fan Airdo. El Chicago Sun-Times <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/the-watchdogs\/2025\/05\/15\/augustinian-catholic-order-richard-mcgrath-providence-catholic-high-school-pope-leo-robert-prevost\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">inform\u00f3 sobre la controversia el jueves.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>El Sun-Times no indic\u00f3 qu\u00e9 motiv\u00f3 su informe del jueves si la expulsi\u00f3n ocurri\u00f3 en diciembre. Los agustinos del Medio Oeste no respondieron a una solicitud de comentarios el viernes, incluyendo si sab\u00edan o no el paradero de McGrath. Airdo tampoco respondi\u00f3 de inmediato a una solicitud de comentarios por correo electr\u00f3nico.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>McGrath fue <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2018\/4\/12\/18375245\/providence-hs-sued-as-prosecutors-weigh-charges-against-former-principal\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">acusado anteriormente de abuso sexual<\/a> por Robert Krankvich, un antiguo alumno de la escuela secundaria Providence en New Lenox, cerca de Chicago. El sacerdote, antiguo director de la escuela, supuestamente viol\u00f3 a Krankvich en m\u00faltiples ocasiones, seg\u00fan los abogados de Krankvich.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La demanda civil del antiguo alumno se resolvi\u00f3 finalmente por $2 millones antes de ir a juicio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>McGrath tambi\u00e9n fue investigado por acusaciones de que pose\u00eda pornograf\u00eda infantil en su tel\u00e9fono. La polic\u00eda investig\u00f3 esas afirmaciones, pero finalmente no present\u00f3 cargos; McGrath se neg\u00f3 a entregar el tel\u00e9fono a la polic\u00eda, y el dispositivo desapareci\u00f3 poco despu\u00e9s, seg\u00fan se informa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Los agustinos del Medio Oeste han <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midwestaugustinians.org\/survivor\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">publicado una lista<\/a> de antiguos miembros con \u00abuna acusaci\u00f3n establecida de abuso sexual a un menor\u00bb. La lista, que identifica a cinco antiguos miembros por su nombre, se actualiz\u00f3 por \u00faltima vez en mayo de 2024; McGrath no figura en ella.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00abAl determinar si una acusaci\u00f3n de abuso sexual a un menor est\u00e1 establecida, la provincia se adhiere al est\u00e1ndar can\u00f3nico de certeza moral, lo que significa que el provincial reconoce que lo contrario (que la acusaci\u00f3n sea falsa) puede ser posible, pero es altamente improbable o tan improbable que el provincial no tiene un temor sustancial de que la acusaci\u00f3n sea falsa\u00bb, dice la lista.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aunque no est\u00e1 claro por qu\u00e9 fue expulsado espec\u00edficamente McGrath de los agustinos, el Sun-Times inform\u00f3 que en alg\u00fan momento el sacerdote \u00abdej\u00f3 de escuchar a los funcionarios de la Iglesia sobre d\u00f3nde vivir\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Durante los procedimientos sobre las acusaciones de Krankvich, supuestamente se le pregunt\u00f3 a McGrath si sab\u00eda \u00abpor qu\u00e9 los agustinos [estaban] tratando de expulsarlo\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abPorque me fui por mi cuenta, sin su aprobaci\u00f3n\u00bb, respondi\u00f3 McGrath.<\/p>\n<p>Antes de su pontificado, el Papa Le\u00f3n XIV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midwestaugustinians.org\/pope-leo-xiv\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">sirvi\u00f3 anteriormente<\/a> como prior provincial de la provincia agustina del Medio Oeste, y m\u00e1s tarde como prior general de toda la orden agustina.<\/p>\n<p>Airdo dijo en una declaraci\u00f3n al Sun-Times que el Papa \u2014entonces obispo Robert Prevost\u2014 estaba sirviendo en Per\u00fa durante las disputas sobre d\u00f3nde viv\u00eda McGrath. El futuro Papa \u00abno ten\u00eda ninguna responsabilidad sobre ning\u00fan agustino\u00bb ni supervisi\u00f3n de los arreglos de vivienda de McGrath, dijo el abogado.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The classic coat of arms of the Order of St. Augustine. \/ Credit: NicolasGrisales, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, May 16, 2025 \/ 16:11 pm (CNA). A priest who was accused multiple times of sex abuse, including possession of child pornography, has been dismissed from the Order of St. Augustine reportedly after [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":39647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-37465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Priest-accused-of-sex-abuse-dismissed-from-Augustinians-over-%E2%80%98disagreement-with-superior.webp?fit=800%2C457&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6539,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/diocese-of-toledo-to-pay-1-million-to-three-priest-sex-abuse-victims\/","url_meta":{"origin":37465,"position":0},"title":"Diocese of Toledo to pay $1 million to three priest sex abuse victims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"julio 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio. \/ Credit: Susan Montgomery\/Shutterstock The Diocese of Toledo will pay out a seven-figure sum to three victims of priest sexual abuse after agreeing to a settlement.The payout will go to victims of disgraced priest Michael Zacharias, who was convicted on five counts of\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1720763620_shutterstock_284987897.jpg?fit=900%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66729,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/book-to-feature-pope-leos-writings-and-meditations-as-augustinian-prior\/","url_meta":{"origin":37465,"position":1},"title":"Book to feature Pope Leo&#039;s writings and meditations as Augustinian prior","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"diciembre 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV is shown here at the Holy Mass for the opening of the general chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine on Sept. 1, 2025 . \/ Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 16, 2025 \/ 06:03 am (CNA). 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