Certain child welfare statements ruled out in AJ Freund case
By Associated Press
Carlos Acosta (left) and Andrew Polovin | McHenry County sheriff’s office
WOODSTOCK, Ill., - Certain statements made by two former child welfare workers who investigated abuse allegations involving a 5-year-old boy who was later
beaten to death cannot be used in their criminal prosecutions, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office said.
Before their interviews for an inspector general’s investigation, Andrew Polovin and Carlos Acosta were informed that their statements could not be used against them, Assistant Attorney General Michelle Camp said in a Jan. 7 court filing,
Published January 28, 2021 •
Updated on January 28, 2021 at 2:15 pm
Certain statements made by two former child welfare workers who investigated abuse allegations involving 5-year-old Andrew AJ Freund, who was later beaten to death, cannot be used in their criminal prosecutions, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office said.
Before their interviews for an inspector general’s investigation, Andrew Polovin and Carlos Acosta were informed that their statements could not be used against them, Assistant Attorney General Michelle Camp said in a Jan. 7 court filing.
The statements were coerced and therefore not voluntary” because Polovin and Acosta could not decline to participate in the investigation by the Office of Inspector General, Camp wrote.
Parishioners show support for Father Pfleger, who faces second abuse allegation
Jan 28, 2021 catholic news service
Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, is seen in this 2015 file photo. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago asked the priest to step aside from ministry Jan. 5, 2021, after the Archdiocese of Chicago received an allegation he sexually abused a minor over 40 years ago. (Credit: Jim Young/Reuters via CNS.)
Father Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, faces a second sexual abuse allegation, from the brother of the first alleged victim who came forward in early January.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Father Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, faces a second sexual abuse allegation, from the brother of the first alleged victim who came forward in early January.
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