The Archdiocese of Chicago reported that Father Jose Molina, IVE, was removed from ministry following allegations of improper and inappropriate communications with minors and adult women. The case raises serious questions about the institutional model of the Institute of the Incarnate Word: its lack of psychological filtering, its culture of expansion, the loneliness of many of its priests and the way in which the institute seeks episcopal support to defend itself before Rome.
The Archdiocese of Chicago said Father Jose Molina, a priest at the Institute of the Incarnate Word, was removed from ministry after receiving allegations that he had “improper and inappropriate conversations and communications” with minors and adult women.
The information was communicated by Cardinal Blase Cupich in a letter dated May 9, 2026 and addressed to the faithful of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Chicago, where the priest had been serving as a temporary minister since August 2025.
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