Controversial School Chaplain Illo Ousted at Star of the Sea

By C.W. Nevius
SFGate
May 18, 2015

http://blog.sfgate.com/cwnevius/2015/05/18/controversial-school-chaplin-illo-ousted-at-star-of-the-sea/

The announcement that priest Joseph Illo would be removed (see final item) as chaplain of Star of the Sea School took a lot of people by surprise, but was Illo one of them?

The Star of the Sea School in the Richmond has been plagued by controversy Photo by Michael Macor

The controversial pastor of the Star of the Sea parish sent out an odd letter to parents and faculty last week that said, “indications thus far are that I will remain administrator of Star of the Sea Parish for the foreseeable future.” However, nothing is said about the school.

We now know that Bishop Salvatore Cordileone has replaced Illo with Father Vito Perrone, who had been at Mater Dolorosa Church in South San Francisco. Perrone has quickly set out to lower the volume of the discussion about gender roles and morality pamphlets that’s been raging around the school for the past few months and reassure school parents.