 In 1999, Clements started a program called one church-one inmate, a collaborative effort to help prison inmates and their families.The program was designed to facilitate the transition of inmates from incarcerated life to a life as productive and "spiritually healed" law-abiding citizens.In August 2019, Cardinal Blase Cupich asked Clements to step aside from ministry, while the Church investigates allegations that he sexually abused a minor in 1974.