CHICAGO (IL)
WLS - ABC 7 [Chicago IL]
January 26, 2026
By Rob Hughes
Evergreen Park IL – School parents are reacting, after a substitute teacher that has worked at multiple schools within the Chicago Archdiocese has been fired.
It was revealed that he has been previously accused of child molestation.
The archdiocese is defending itself, saying he had passed background checks despite those allegations.
Last Wednesday, Evergreen Park police say parents brought forward disturbing information about a substitute teacher at Queen of Martyrs School.
Police say the parents had learned the teacher has a history of allegations of child sexual abuse, and one family reported a possible incident involving their child while he was at school.
“It’s disturbing. There’s, there’s no other words to say it. Besides, it’s disturbing,” one parent said.
The parent has asked to remain unnamed. He works at ABC7 Chicago.
He’s concerned with the fact that a man with a history of troubling allegations levied against him would be employed by the Archdiocese of Chicago.
“Parents of our school and parents of all the schools in the archdiocese should have questions for them. I just hope that the archdiocese is forthcoming with these questions, and hopefully we can get some answers and improvements to their hiring process,” the parent said.
ABC7 Chicago has not named the employee because it was not clear if he has been charged with any crimes in the Chicago area.
The archdiocese says he’s gone by a number of different names, and even legally changed it at one point.
The archdiocese says he’d only worked at Queen of Martyrs for a couple of weeks, but previously worked as a long-term sub at St. Walter-St. Benedict School, served as a private tutor for another family enrolled at a south suburban Catholic School and worked as an employee of a third-party vendor assigned to Pope John Paul II School.
In a letter to parents, the Archdiocese of Chicago said, “Despite his history of allegations in Illinois and other states, he passed state background and fingerprint checks at the beginning of his employment in the Archdiocese in 2024.”
The archdiocese says it knows of no allegations of sexual misconduct by the teacher during his time at any of its schools.
The teacher has been relieved of his duties and barred from school grounds.
Evergreen Park police say there is an active and ongoing investigation, and ask anyone with information to give them a call at (708) 422-2142.