91st St., the first Mexican American parish in Chicago, has been staffed by the Claretians order for nearly a century. Six clerics accused of child sex abuse at some point have served there over ...

And now in 2010, as the Claretians recently celebrated their centennial at La Placita with special Masses, the church remains the touchstone for Roman Catholic Latinos in Los Angeles and the city ...

Johnson reached a settlement in May 2017 with the Chicago-based Claretians. Wellems is still executive director of the child advocacy Peace and Education Coalition in the southwest Chicago church ...

Bruce Wellems, a former priest at Holy Cross Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, who acknowledged that decades ago, when he was 15, he abused a 7-year-old boy, resigned from the Claretians in the ...

The Claretians Roman Catholic order has settled a lawsuit from a man sexually abused as a 6-year-old by a teenager who later became a prominent priest in Chicago, confirming in the settlement ...

Eric Johnson's lawsuit names the Claretians Missionaries, a 165-year-old order that has around 3,000 priests and brothers in about 60 countries, as the defendant. The suit filed in Cook County ...

Eric Johnson’s lawsuit names the Claretians Missionaries, a 165-year-old order that has around 3,000 priests and brothers in about 60 countries, as the defendant. The suit filed in Cook County ...

In a statement Wednesday, the Rev. Rosendo Urrabazo, provincial superior of the Claretians, said Wellems had been removed from public ministry as a priest. It’s unclear if Wellems could continue ...

A 15-man board of former Claretians is currently drafting bylaws for Kapatirang Claretiano (Claretian brotherhood), which 57 former Claretians established in July. The bylaws will enable the group to ...

He also taught philosophy in the seminary for many years and served as Prefect of Formation and Provincial Secretary for the Claretians. At present, Tumbaga is the Vice Postulator for the cause of ...

Eric Johnson's lawsuit names the Claretians Missionaries, a 165-year-old order that has around 3,000 priests and brothers in about 60 countries, as the defendant. The suit filed in Cook County ...