{"id":553073,"date":"2026-01-30T03:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/553073\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T03:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:54:10","slug":"former-archdiocese-of-chicago-teacher-private-tutor-brett-smith-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-juvenile-in-orland-park-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/553073\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Archdiocese of Chicago teacher, private tutor Brett Smith charged with sexual abuse of juvenile in Orland Park, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. (WLS) &#8212; A man working as a private tutor in the south suburbs has been arrested and charged with felony criminal sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The video in the player above is from a previous report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He worked as a substitute teacher at local Catholic schools and was recently fired, the Chicago Archdiocese said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Orland Park police say 43-year-old Brett Smith engaged in sexual contact with a juvenile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Smith is expected to make an initial court appearance Friday in Bridgeview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a letter to school parents, the Chicago Archdiocese says <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/teacher-south-side-suburban-catholic-schools-history-child-molestation-allegations-fired-chicago-archdiocese-says\/18474303\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they fired Smith<\/a> as a substitute teacher after learning of a history of sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">READ MORE |<\/strong> <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/parents-react-substitute-teacher-queen-martyrs-catholic-school-evergreen-park-fired-child-molestation-claims\/18479859\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parents react after substitute at south suburban Catholic school fired over child molestation claims<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EVERGREEN PARK, Ill. (WLS) &#8212; A man working as a private tutor in the south suburbs has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":553074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[242422,960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-553073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-242422","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115982032717275658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}