{"id":70345,"date":"2025-12-17T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=70345"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:05:16","slug":"archdiocese-of-chicago-kept-known-serial-predators-in-ministry-for-years-lawsuits-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/archdiocese-of-chicago-kept-known-serial-predators-in-ministry-for-years-lawsuits-say\/","title":{"rendered":"La Arquidi\u00f3cesis de Chicago mantuvo a \u2018depredadores seriales conocidos\u2019 en el ministerio durante a\u00f1os, dicen las demandas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Catedral del Santo Nombre, sede de la Arquidi\u00f3cesis de Chicago. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Foto cortes\u00eda de Maddy Johnson\/Church Properties Initiative<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Personal de CNA, 25 de noviembre de 2025 \/ 16:31 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n

Varias demandas alegan que la Arquidi\u00f3cesis de Chicago mantuvo a dos sacerdotes en el ministerio activo a pesar de a\u00f1os de \u201ccrecientes quejas\u201d de abuso sexual infantil presentadas contra ellos.<\/p>\n

The suits, filed by<\/a> el bufete de abogados con sede en Chicago Gould, Grieco, & Hensley, alega que los funcionarios arquidiocesanos permitieron que el padre Daniel Holihan y el padre John Curran continuaran en el ministerio \u201cincluso despu\u00e9s de que los funcionarios de la Iglesia fueran conscientes de su historial de abuso a ni\u00f1os\u201d.<\/p>\n

Las demandas fueron presentadas en nombre de estudiantes de dos escuelas arquidiocesanas, el Seminario Preparatorio Quigley y la Escuela Cat\u00f3lica St. Christina. Se alega que Holihan abus\u00f3 de un estudiante var\u00f3n en el seminario preparatorio, ahora cerrado, durante la d\u00e9cada de 1980, mientras que Curran supuestamente abus\u00f3 de dos estudiantes en St. Christina alrededor de la misma \u00e9poca.<\/p>\n

El bufete de abogados afirma que la arquidi\u00f3cesis hab\u00eda sido advertida sobre Holihan y Curran desde la d\u00e9cada de 1960. Las presuntas v\u00edctimas de abuso dijeron que desconoc\u00edan el supuesto conocimiento previo de la arquidi\u00f3cesis hasta hace poco, cuando \u201cdocumentos internos previamente ocultos se volvieron accesibles\u201d.<\/p>\n

El bufete de abogados aleg\u00f3 que la arquidi\u00f3cesis \u201cse bas\u00f3 en un patr\u00f3n de reubicaci\u00f3n de cl\u00e9rigos con problemas conocidos en lugar de abordar la mala conducta subyacente\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDurante d\u00e9cadas, la arquidi\u00f3cesis confi\u00f3 en el secreto y la reasignaci\u00f3n en lugar de la transparencia y la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas\u201d, dijo el abogado Mike Grieco en un comunicado de prensa. \u201cEsa estructura es lo que permiti\u00f3 que sacerdotes como Holihan y Curran permanecieran en el ministerio durante a\u00f1os, poniendo a los ni\u00f1os en peligro\u201d.<\/p>\n

La Arquidi\u00f3cesis de Chicago no respondi\u00f3 de inmediato a una solicitud de comentarios sobre las demandas.<\/p>\n

Como parte de sus investigaciones sobre el abuso por parte del clero, la oficina del fiscal general de Illinois describi\u00f3 a Holihan<\/a> como \u201cuno de los abusadores m\u00e1s notorios en la historia de la arquidi\u00f3cesis\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cLa arquidi\u00f3cesis sab\u00eda lo que Holihan estaba haciendo a los ni\u00f1os a\u00f1os antes de retirarlo del pastorado, pero durante ese tiempo, no hizo nada para detenerlo, tom\u00e1ndole la palabra de que podr\u00eda cambiar por su propia cuenta\u201d, dijo la oficina del fiscal.<\/p>\n

La oficina del fiscal general tambi\u00e9n identific\u00f3 a Curran<\/a> como un presunto abusador. Holihan muri\u00f3 en 2016, mientras que Curran muri\u00f3 en 2000.<\/p>\n

Tanto Curran como Holihan est\u00e1n en la lista de la arquidi\u00f3cesis<\/a> de sacerdotes con acusaciones \u201cfundadas\u201d de abuso presentadas contra ellos, y ambos figuran como habiendo servido en ocho lugares diferentes en la arquidi\u00f3cesis. Holihan fue retirado del ministerio p\u00fablico en 2002 y laicizado en 2010, mientras que Curran fue retirado del ministerio p\u00fablico en 1994.<\/p>\n

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Catedral del Santo Nombre, sede de la Arquidi\u00f3cesis de Chicago. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Foto cortes\u00eda de Maddy Johnson\/Church Properties Initiative Personal de CNA, 25 de noviembre de 2025 \/ 16:31 pm (CNA). M\u00faltiples demandas alegan que la Arquidi\u00f3cesis de Chicago mantuvo a dos sacerdotes en el ministerio activo a pesar de a\u00f1os de \u201ccrecientes quejas\u201d de abuso sexual infantil presentadas contra [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":72052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","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,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-70345","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\/12\/Archdiocese-of-Chicago-kept-%E2%80%98known-serial-predators-in-ministry-for-years-lawsuits-say.webp?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28145,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/chicago-priest-removed-from-ministry-after-allegations-of-child-sexual-abuse\/","url_meta":{"origin":70345,"position":0},"title":"Chicago priest removed from ministry after allegations of child sexual abuse","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"febrero 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] null \/ Credit: Manikhan143|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 18, 2025 \/ 15:15 pm (CNA). 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