Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago
Summary of Assignments:
- 1933-1935: Canadian College; Rome, Italy
- 1935-1936: Collegio S. Maria del Lago; Rome, Italy
- 1936-1938: Cathedral of the Holy Name; Chicago, IL
- 1937-51: Metropolitan Tribunal; Chicago, IL
- 1951-1985: Ascension; Oak Park, IL
- 1985-1986: Retired; Naperville, IL
Notes:
Pastor of Ascension Church in Oak Grove, 1951-1973. Woman contacted the Archdiocese in 2005 to report that she was sexually abused by him in 1964 when she was a teenage parishioner. Fitzgerald had died in either 1984 or 1985. No public information released about Fitzgerald’s abuse until the woman came forward at a 7/31/14 news conference after her mother, a diocesan employee, had passed away. The Archdiocese did pay for counseling for her.
Sources:
BA.org Assignment Record; SNAP Press Release 07.31.14; OakPark 08.11.14; OakPark 08.12.14; OakPark 08.14.14; OakPark 08.15.14; OakPark 08.19.14; http://bishop-accountability.org/member/psearch.jsp