Five Chicago-area Catholic parishes received letters this week about an allegation of sexual abuse against a priest who had worked in all of them.
Blase Cardinal Cupich issued the letters to the communities of Saint Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Oak Lawn, Christ Our Savior Parish in South Holland, Saint George Parish in Tinley Park, Saint Josephine Bakhita Parish in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, and Saint Katherine Drexel Parish in Chicago’s Calumet Heights neighborhood about the allegations against Father Kenneth Fleck.
The letters said the Archdiocese of Chicago Office for Child Sex Abuse Investigations and Review had learned a lawsuit was set to be filed accusing Fleck of sexually abusing a minor.
This happened more than 30 years ago, and Fleck, who is now retired, has strongly denied that he has ever sexually abused anyone, the letter said.
Cupich wrote that the Archdiocese’s request to interview the person making the allegation and learn the exact nature of the claim was denied.
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