By Benjamin Cox on May 27, 2021 at 3:48pm
Pike County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man on several counts relating to child pornography and alleged criminal sexual abuse.
39 year old Stephen R. Howard of Baylis was arrested today on 14 counts of unlawful possession of Child Pornography and 2 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
According to Sheriff David Greenwood, the arrest stems from a 2-month long criminal investigation regarding photographing and videotaping an under-aged juvenile.
The Pike County Sheriff’s Department was assisted by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
The case remains under investigation and additional charges are likely.
Nationally known activist Chicago priest the Rev.
Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after an investigation found “insufficient reason to suspect” he sexually abused children, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago announced Monday.
The decision from the archdiocese comes more than four months after it asked Pfleger to step aside and told his parish that its Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review had received an allegation that the priest had sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago. Three accusers ultimately came forward, with one saying he was 18 when Pfleger sexually abused him.
Pfleger, who is white, had fierce support from leaders and parishioners at St. Sabina, a Black church in the city’s largely Black and low-income Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Parishioners cheered as he arrived for a news conference outside St. Sabina on Monday afternoon, and Pfleger jokingly said he couldn’t believe how m
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CHICAGO Nationally known activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after an investigation found “insufficient reason to suspect” he sexually abused children, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago announced Monday.
The decision from the archdiocese comes more than four months after it asked Pfleger to step aside and told his parish that its Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review had received an allegation that the priest had sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago. Three accusers ultimately came forward, with one saying he was 18 when Pfleger sexually abused him.
Chicago activist priest Rev. Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after a nearly five-month investigation found insufficient reason to believe he sexually abused teenagers
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