Fr. Alejandro Flores

Ordained: 2009
Status: Convicted

Diocese: Diocese of Joliet IL

From Bolivia. Ordained for the Joliet Diocese in 6/2009. Removed 1/4/2010 from First Family after a couple accused him of abusing their 13-year-old son for five years while a seminarian. Flores attempted suicide 1/6/2010 by leaping from the balcony of an abandoned church, sustaining serious head injuries. Arrested upon release from hospital 1/20/2010. Charged in 4/2010 with attempted abuse of the first victim’s brother. Pleaded guilty in 9/2010 to the first allegations. Sentenced to four years in prison. Paroled in 6/2013. Arrested by Immigration and deported to Bolivia 8/6/2013. Out-of-court civil settlement in 2012. Per the diocese’s list in 12/2018, Flores was permanently removed from ministry. Laicized in 2020. Lawsuit filed 3/1/2023 claims abuse by Flores, including rape, of a boy ages 8 and 9, at St. Raymond Nonnatus Cathedral 2008-2009. The alleged victim died at age 21 in 2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report.

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