CHICAGO (IL)
Daily Southtown
Monday, June 6, 2005
By William Lee and Courney Greve
Staff writers
Two Catholic priests with ties to the Southland have been removed from service in the wake of allegations of sexual abuse of minors, officials said.
The Rev. Walter Turlo has resigned as pastor of St. Fabian in Bridgeview, where he has led a congregation of 4,000 families for nine years, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Turlo is accused of "highly inappropriate behavior" with a minor while he was associate pastor at St. William on the Northwest Side in the 1970s, officials said.
The Rev. Bill O'Brien has also been discharged due to an allegation that he engaged in "sexual misconduct with a minor" about 25 years ago when he was associate pastor at St. Cajetan in Chicago's Morgan Park community, officials said.
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