Gym coach charged with sex crimes in Will County facing loss of citizenship for withholding earlier allegations of abuse from immigration officials

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Dec. 9, 2019, 8 p.m.
Last Updated Dec. 9, 2019, 8 p.m.
Original URL http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-gymnastics-coach-revoke-citizenship-20191210-gz2vnngxl5cidcnewaq5kd5ysm-story.html

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The U.S. Department of Justice is suing a former Channahon gymnastics coach and Olympian accused of years of abuse of his students and is asking a federal judge to revoke his citizenship. Jose Vilchis, 69, who became a naturalized citizen in 1997, is in the Will County Adult Detention Facility awai...