Docs show decision to move accused priest to Augustinian friary in 2000 originated from Chicago Archdiocese, not now-Pope Leo

Docs show decision to move accused priest to Augustinian friary in 2000 originated from Chicago Archdiocese, not now-Pope Leo

CHICAGO (OSV News) — A decision in 2000 to move a priest accused of abusing boys into residence at an Augustinian friary in Chicago originated from leadership of the Archdiocese of Chicago as a means to enforce restrictions on the priest’s ministry, according to a recent statement from the archdiocese.  The decision to place then-Father James Ray (since removed from the clerical state) at the Augustinians’ St. John Stone Friary from 2000-2002 is…