CHICAGO — A priest who was ministering at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish on the city’s Near West Side has been removed after allegations that he “engaged in improper and inappropriate conversations and communications with minors and adult women,” according to a letter sent Saturday to the parish by Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago.
Rev. Jose Molina has served as temporary minister at the parish, located in the Little Italy neighborhood, since August 2025, the letter states.
“We have received allegations that Father Molina engaged in improper and inappropriate conversations and communications with minors and adult women,” Cupich writes. “In keeping with our protection policies, I have removed his faculties to minister in the Archdiocese of Chicago.”…