CHICAGO (IL)
WGN
[with video]
BY JULIAN CREWS
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests is calling Francis Cardinal George to address concerns about a priest who used to serve in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Father Bruce Wellems is a widely admired Claretian missionary priest.
SNAP obtained documents detailing his abrupt resignation from a California mission.
In a written press release, Claretian spokespeople acknowledge the decision pointing to inappropriate conduct with a fellow minor when Bellems himself was a youth.
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