A suburban Chicago priest has been reinstated as a pastor after a review board for the Archdiocese of Chicago found there was “insufficient reason to suspect” he had sexually abused
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago priest has been reinstated as a pastor after a review board for the Archdiocese of Chicago found there was "insufficient reason to suspect" he had sexually abused children 25 years ago. The Rev. David F. Ryan was first asked to step away from the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish in Lake Zurich in November 2020 when an investigation into the alleged abuse began. Archbishop Blase Cupich then announced on Sept. 9 that Ryan had been cleared and reinstated, but a week later, Ryan was once again placed under investigation after new information surfaced. The Chicago Tribune reports Ryan led Mass on Sunday immediately after being reinstated.