{"id":114159,"date":"2025-08-02T23:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114159\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:15:10","slug":"local-priest-accused-of-sexual-abuse-of-a-minor-more-than-40-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114159\/","title":{"rendered":"Local priest accused of sexual abuse of a minor more than 40 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A local priest has been accused of sexually abusing a minor, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Father Ronald Kondziolka has been accused of sexual abuse of a minor at St. Brendan Parish in Chicago. The alleged abuse occurred more than 40 years ago.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Kondziolka has served as a resident, assistant pastor, associate pastor, administrator, and chaplain at parishes and hospitals throughout the Chicago area since 1987.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The Archdiocese of Chicago notified the local parishes of the allegations<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Kondziolka denies the allegations.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Most recently, Kondziolka was an associate pastor at St. Veronica Parish until June 2023.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/screenshot-2025-08-02-173625.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  Parishes\/hospitals where Kondziolka has served: <\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Assistant pastor at Assumption BVM Parish from May 1976 to June 1981<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Associate pastor at S. Martin Parish from June 1981 to January 1983<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Administrator at St. Brendan Parish from January 1983 to March 1986<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Resident at St. Paul Parish in Chicago Heights from March 1986 to November 1987<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Resident at St. Agnes Parish in Chicago Heights from November 1987 to March 1990<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Chaplain at St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights from March 1990 to August 2019<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Resident at St. James Parish in Sauk Village from March 1990 to April 1993<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Resident at Holy Rosary in Chicago from March 1997 to February 2006<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Resident at St. Anthony of Padua Parish from February 2006 to August 2019<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Chaplain at St. James Hospital and Health Care Centers in Olympia Fields from July 2009 to June 2021<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Resident, administrator, and associate pastor at Infant Jesus of Prague Parish from September 2019 to June 2021<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Administrator at St. Joseph Parish in Homewood from July 2021 to June 2022<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Associate pastor at St. Veronica Parish from July 2022 to June 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Kondziolka has been directed to remain out of the ministry and refrain from attending all parish and school activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The case is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The results of the investigation will be reported to the Independent Review Board, which will recommend next steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Details for this story were provided by the Archdiocese of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/religion\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Religion<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; A local priest has been accused of sexually abusing a minor, according to the Archdiocese of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,5386,1818,50,365,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-114159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-religion","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114961719476912500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}