Fr. Matthew E. Foley
Parish priest, missionary, Army chaplain. Worked in Mexico 1994-2000. In 1/2025 the Archdiocese announced that Foley was the subject of an allegation of child sexual abuse, occurring 30 years prior, while assigned to St. Agatha in Lawndale. Foley denied the allegation. He was placed on leave pending the outcome of an investigation. On 4/12/2025 the Archdiocese stated that its Independent Review Board had found “no reasonable cause” to believe the allegation. Foley was to be reinstated to ministry and was deemed by Cardinal Cupich a priest in good standing.
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