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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Robert Herguth

Kicked out of Episcopal priesthood over sexual misconduct accusations, now overseeing a church in Berwyn

Luis Andrade (standing between two seated clerics) at a religious ceremony earlier this month at his Berwyn church at which he was accepted into what describes itself as an independent Catholic church and named bishop of Chicago. (Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times)

The Rev. Luis Andrade, who had served congregations in Elgin and Burr Ridge, was expelled from the Episcopal Church as a priest in 2019 after an internal investigation found that accusations of sexual misconduct three women leveled against him were credible.

In a lawsuit filed in Cook County, one of the women accused Andrade of raping her when they were at a religious conference at a North Carolina retreat center in 2016.

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