Chicago Archdiocese Asks Priest to Step Aside Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault The allegations were first made in a video on social media, according to a letter penned by the priest
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A pastor in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood has been asked to step aside from his ministry pending an investigation into allegations he sexually assaulted a minor 36 years ago.
According to a letter sent from the Archdiocese of Chicago to Christ the King Parish, Father Lawrence Sullivan has been asked to step aside pending the outcome of the investigation into the incident, which stems from when the pastor was 18 years old.
Chicago police crackdown on protests over police murder of 13-year-old Adam Toledo
On Friday night, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Logan Square Park on Chicago’s Northwest Side to protest the killing of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot by Chicago cop Eric Stillman in the working class neighborhood of Little Village on the city’s Southwest Side early in the morning on March 29.
Demonstrators marched en route to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s residence in the Logan Square neighborhood, which swelled to thousands. Police barricades set up near the mayor’s home prevented the crowd from getting close and police made preparations to suppress demonstrations throughout the weekend and coming days.
By Lauren Vella - 04/17/21 08:55 PM EDT
A Chicago prosecutor was placed on leave Saturday after he claimed in a court hearing this month that Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old boy fatally shot by police, had a gun in his possession.
In an April bond hearing for 21-year-old Ruben Roman, a man who was with Toledo on the night that he died, Assistant State’s Atty. James Murphy appeared to claim that the boy had a gun on him.
Following news of the comment, a spokesperson for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said Thursday that the prosecutor did not fully inform himself before testifying.
George Floyd trial: National Guard activated with unrest feared as Chauvin murder case closes and protests grow for other cases of police brutality
18 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The plaza on which the building sits in downtown Minneapolis looks more like a military base. Closing arguments will begin when the trial resumes tomorrow. Photo / Twitter
The plaza on which the building sits in downtown Minneapolis looks more like a military base. Closing arguments will begin when the trial resumes tomorrow. Photo / Twitter
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Sand-coloured Humvees, barbed wire and concrete barricades surround the Hennepin County courthouse where the fate of Derek Chauvin, the white former police officer charged with killing George Floyd, will be determined.