CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Tribune
By Manya Brachear Pashman
Tribune reporter
August 1, 2013
A Chicago-based religious order on Thursday acknowledged sending a clergyman accused of inappropriate behavior to Argentina, the same day a victim’s advocacy group criticized the order for allowing him to remain in the ministry.
Brother Richard Suttle now works under the supervision of a monitor in Buenos Aires and is “not involved in any work with children,” the Rev. Rosendo Urrabazo, who oversees Claretian Missionaries in the United States, said Thursday. Urrabazo also confirmed that the order and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix investigated an accusation of inappropriate behavior against Suttle in 2008.
“A meeting was held with the victim to make amends to him,” Urrabazo said in a statement. “Bro. Richard has been removed from any ministry with children and assigned internal work for the Order.”
Urrabazo did not respond to questions about a June newsletter produced by the religious order’s United Nations ministry that listed Suttle as part of its team. The ministry at the U.N. is a human rights project that, among its priorities, addresses youth unemployment and development.
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