{"id":787873,"date":"2026-05-11T03:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787873\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T03:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:00:16","slug":"jose-molina-priest-at-st-francis-of-assisi-in-little-italy-chicago-being-investigated-for-alleged-improper-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787873\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Molina, priest at St. Francis of Assisi in Little Italy, Chicago, being investigated for alleged ‘improper conversations’"},"content":{"rendered":"

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team \"WLS<\/p>\n

Sunday, May 10, 2026 10:20PM<\/p>\n

\"ABC7<\/p>\n

CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago priest is under investigation, after he was accused of “improper conversations.”<\/p>\n

Cardinal Blase Cupich sent a letter to parishioners of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Little Italy neighborhood.<\/p>\n

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n

He says the Chicago Archdiocese received allegations that Rev. Jose Molina engaged in inappropriate communications with minors and adult women.<\/p>\n

Molina has served as temporary minister at Saint Francis since August of last year.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Sunday, May 10, 2026 10:20PM CHICAGO (WLS) — A Chicago priest is under investigation,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[321932,960,271483,5462,5386,1818,255803,42026,321929,321928,321931,321930],"class_list":{"0":"post-787873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-321932","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-archdiocese","11":"tag-chicago-news","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois","14":"tag-jose-molina","15":"tag-little-italy","16":"tag-little-italy-chicago","17":"tag-saint-francis-of-assisi","18":"tag-st-francis-of-assisi","19":"tag-st-francis-of-assisi-chicago"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116553713444029864","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787873","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=787873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}