ILLINOIS
Chicagoist
[statement from the Dominican order.]
A local Catholic priest has been removed from his ministry over accusations that he broke his celibacy vows.
The Catholic church requires its priests to be celibate, meaning no sexual relationships and no marriage. The Rev. Brendan Curran, a prominent priest from Pilsen, allegedly had an “inappropriate relationship” with an unmarried adult woman five years ago, the Archdiocese of Chicago recently learned, and now is no longer allowed to perform certain religious duties.
Curran, who served as pastor of St. Pius V in Pilsen, has not been accused of a crime, according to church representatives. His ability to say mass and give sacrament to married people, among other faculties that priests perform, have been revoked because of the relationship he had with another adult over a period of several months in 2010.
Curran might be able to return to the ministry in the future, according to Bill Skowronski, a spokesman for the Dominican Friars, after undergoing a “spiritual healing” program under the Dominican order, the specific Roman Catholic order he belongs to.
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