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Russell Romano is listed on the Archdiocese of Chicago’s website as a priest with “substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct with minors.”
Posted by Melissa Sersland (Editor), June 11, 2013
Members of SNAP—Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests– called for the firing of Bolingbrook ex-priest Russell L. Romano May 9.
Romano has worked as a counselor for Advocate Health Care in the Illinois Professional Heath Program in Des Plaines for 12 years, according to SNAP. He is listed on the Archdiocese of Chicago website as a priest with “substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct with minors.”
SNAP learned Tuesday that Romano was retire from his position at Advocate Health Care by the end of the month.
“Romano should be fired. And those who hired him – Advocate Health and the Chicago archdiocese – should aggressively seek out others who may have seen, suspected or suffered his crimes,” said Barbara Dorris of SNAP in a release. “Letting him retire implies that he’s innocent and that’s wrong.”
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