{"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\/fr\/learn\/archdiocese-of-chicago-kept-known-serial-predators-in-ministry-for-years-lawsuits-say\/","title":{"rendered":"L'archidioc\u00e8se de Chicago a maintenu des \u00ab pr\u00e9dateurs en s\u00e9rie connus \u00bb dans le minist\u00e8re pendant des ann\u00e9es, selon des poursuites judiciaires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Holy Name Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of Maddy Johnson\/Church Properties Initiative CNA Staff, Nov 25, 2025 \/ 16:31 pm (CNA). Multiple lawsuits allege that the Archdiocese of Chicago kept two priests in active ministry in spite of years of \u201cmounting complaints\u201d of child sexual abuse leveled against them.The suits, filed by the Chicago-based law firm Gould, Grieco, &amp; Hensley, allege that archdiocesan officials allowed Father Daniel Holihan and Father John Curran to\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Multiple lawsuits allege that the Archdiocese of Chicago kept two priests in active ministry in spite of years of \u201cmounting complaints\u201d of child sexual abuse leveled against them.The suits, filed by the Chicago-based law firm Gould, Grieco, &amp; Hensley, allege that archdiocesan officials allowed Father Daniel Holihan and Father John Curran to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":72052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"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-related-posts":[{"id":102699,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/chicago-priest-reinstated-after-being-cleared-in-sex-abuse-investigation\/","url_meta":{"origin":70345,"position":0},"title":"Chicago priest reinstated after being cleared in sex abuse investigation","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"ao\u00fbt 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Michael Pfleger, a priest known for his activism in Chicago, has been cleared by the archdiocese of an accusation of sex abuse.In July, the Archdiocese of Chicago withdrew Pfleger \u2014 longtime pastor of St. Sabina Church \u2014 from ministry to review an allegation of sexual abuse. A woman claimed that Pfleger abused her when she was a child more than 30 years ago. This is the fifth of several accusations of sexual abuse against Pfleger, all of which the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28145,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/chicago-priest-removed-from-ministry-after-allegations-of-child-sexual-abuse\/","url_meta":{"origin":70345,"position":1},"title":"Chicago priest removed from ministry after allegations of child sexual abuse","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"f\u00e9vrier 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] null \/ Credit: Manikhan143|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 18, 2025 \/ 15:15 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Chicago has removed a priest from ministry following allegations that he sexually abused a minor several decades ago.&nbsp;In two letters \u2014 one to parishioners of Sts. 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