Fr. Alfredo Pedraza-Arias
Arrived in diocese in 2013 from Colombia. Worked in Hispanic Ministry and in two Aurora parishes. Arrested 2/11/2016, charged with criminal sexual abuse of two girls between 1/2009 and 11/2014. The girls were under the age of 6. Under investigation since 10/2014, when allegations were reported to civil authorities and the Diocese of Rockford IL. Suspended from ministry 10/30/2014. Pleaded not guilty in 9/2016. Trial scheduled for 9/18/2017. Delayed, set for 11/27/2017. Delayed, set for 2/2018. Detained by US immigration and faced deportation to Columbia in 7/2017. Police looking to charge him also with fondling a 3-year-old girl when he worked in DeKalb. In a 2/9/2018 plea deal, not required to register as sex offender; pleaded guilty to misdemeanor. Released from jail 2/10/2018. Deportation expected. Deported to Colombia 2/26/2018. Included in the 6/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report.
- Rockford Register-Star
- WIFR 02.11.16
- Chicago Tribune 02.11.16
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford 02.11.16
- Chicago Tribune 02.11.16
- Daily Herald 02.11.16
- Daily Herald 02.12.16
- Chicago Tribune 02.18.16
- The Beacon-News 09.29.16
- Aurora Beacon-News 05.05.17
- Chicago Tribune 07.12.17
- Chicago Tribune 07.22.17
- Chicago Tribune 07.26.17
- Beacon-News 07.29.17
- Chicago Tribune 07.31.17
- The Beacon-News 08.04.17
- Beacon-News 08.08.17
- Aurora Beacon-News 08.24.17
- Beacon-News/Chicago Tribune 09.08.17
- Aurora Beacon-News 10.07.17
- Beacon-News/Chicago Tribune 11.17.17
- Beacon News/Chicago Tribune 02.09.18
- Associated Press via US News and World Report 02.10.18
- Daily Herald 02.10.18
- The Beacon-News 03.13.18
- IL Attorney General’s Report 05.23.23
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