CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Tribune
By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune reporter
June 12, 2013
Advocate Health Care has disclosed that a former Roman Catholic priest removed from ministry 20 years ago for a substantiated allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor will retire at the end of the month.
Russell Romano of Bolingbrook, who was a priest in the Chicago Archdiocese from 1973 to 1991, has worked for Advocate for 12 years, hospital officials said. According to the system’s website, he works for a publicly funded treatment program for Illinois health care professionals.
In May, victims advocates expressed concern that Romano worked as a counselor at an Advocate health clinic in Des Plaines.
This week, leaders of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests received a letter addressing those concerns. In the letter to Barbara Blaine and David Clohessy, Kevin Brady, senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Advocate Health Care, said the organization “completed a full investigation” and found that “Mr. Romano has had no contact with children.”
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