Chicago Archdiocese reinstates priest to ministry after abuse investigation
Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Ill., mother church of the Archdiocese of Chicago. / Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2025 / 13:28 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Chicago has reinstated a priest to full ministry after a monthslong investigation into child sexual abuse allegations against him.
The archdiocese said in January that it had removed Father Matthew Foley from ministry after claims of abuse dating to around 30 years ago.
Officials said at the time that civil authorities would investigate the allegations, after which the archdiocese would conduct its own inquiry. Foley “strenuously” denied the allegations at the time.
On Monday, Cardinal Blase Cupich said in letters to parishioners at multiple parishes that the archdiocesan independent review board had completed its investigation into the allegations. Foley “fully complied” with the investigation, Cupich said.
“After receiving the results of the thorough investigation, the [review board] today determined that there is no reasonable cause to believe Father Foley sexually abused the person making the accusation,” Cupich said.
The board “recommended that Father Foley be reinstated to ministry and that the file be closed,” Cupich noted, adding that he “accepted their recommendation effectively immediately.”
In January, at the same time it announced the allegations against Foley, the archdiocese said it was also removing Father Henry Kricek from active ministry due to similar allegations.
The accusations against Kricek involved alleged abuse that occurred “approximately 40 years ago,” the archdiocese said at the time.
No decision on Kricek had been announced by the archdiocese as of Wednesday morning.
Ordained in 1989, Foley is known for having befriended future actor Chris Farley at Marquette University in the early 1980s. He would ultimately preside over Farley’s funeral in 1997.
The priest was the namesake for one of Farley’s most famous characters, “Matt Foley,” who was featured in several “Saturday Night Live” sketches prior to Farley’s death.
Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/263415/chicago-archdiocese-reinstates-priest-to-ministry-after-abuse-investigation
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