LAKEVIEW (IL)
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By Serena Dai on April 15, 2014
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LAKEVIEW — A Roman Catholic pastor will be returning to church in time for Easter this week after investigations found that an allegation of sexual misconduct against him was unfounded, the Archdiocese of Chicago said Tuesday morning.
The Rev. Michael W. O’Connell voluntarily stepped away from St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 1429 W. Wellington Ave., in December after a victim alleged that O’Connell abused him in the late ’90s at a parish in suburban Orland Park.
The archdiocese released a statement Tuesday saying that the Archdiocesan Office of Child Abuse Investigations and the Cook County sheriff’s office found that the allegation was unfounded.
O’Connell will be returning to his position as a pastor at the Lakeview church on Thursday, the statement said.
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