A former associate pastor at the Arlington Heights church Misión San Juan Diego pleaded guilty to child pornography charges Thursday.
Clovis Vilchez-Parra, formerly of Misión San Juan Diego, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday April 27, 2017 in exchange for pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, court records show.
Vilchez-Parra, 36, received credit for 460 days in custody. He was also ordered to pay $1,654 in fines.
Clovis Vilchez-Parra, a Palatine resident, was arrested in February 2015 following an undercover investigation by the Cook County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force regarding individuals downloading child pornography. Palatine, Bartlett and Chicago police departments cooperated with the investigation, according to prosecutors. During a police search of Vilchez-Parra’s Palatine home, which is owned by the Chicago Archdiocese, officers recovered from his laptop computer files of “underage children engaged in acts of sexual conduct,” prosecutors said during his bond hearing.
A spokeswoman from the Office of the Cook County state’s attorney said there was no indication children from either parish were depicted in the videos.
Chicago Archdiocese officials removed Vilchez-Parra from ministry, including his duties at Misión San Juan Diego, following his arrest.
At the time of his arrest, Vilchez-Parra had worked at Misión San Juan Diego, 2323 N Wilke Road in Arlington Heights for about 18 months. Previously, he served as associate pastor at Our Lady of Mercy parish in Chicago. He was ordained in 2012 at Mundelein Seminary, according to Catholic New World newspaper online archives.
“The archdiocese has cooperated fully with the civil authorities and will continue to do so,” spokeswoman Colleen Tunney-Ryan said in an email.
A native of Peru, Vilchez-Parra moved to the United States in 2007.
Clovis Vilchez-Parra plead guilty to child porn charges.
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