A priest from Mexico has been accused of sexually assaulting a child during past visits to the city, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Father Ernest Tovar-Trejo, a priest of the Diocese of Tampico, Mexico, has visited Chicago over the years for “short periods in past years,” Chicago’s Archbishop Blase Cupich wrote in a letter to St. José Sánchez Del Rio Parish in Humboldt Park.

Cupuch added that Tovar-Trejo also celebrated mass at Maternity of the Blessed Mother Church without obtaining “proper permission.” The church is a part of St. José Sánchez Del Rio Parish.

Tovar-Trejo allegedly abused the child while visiting Chicago “many years ago.” Cupich did not share a specific date or location of the alleged assault.

Cupich said the Archdiocese is working with the Diocese of Tampico

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