MOUNT GREENWOOD — A teacher and tutor with a long history of child molestation allegations, including a guilty plea, has been fired by the Archdiocese of Chicago after 16 months working with Chicago Catholic Schools.
Brett Smith was most recently working as a substitute teacher at Queen of Martyrs Elementary School in Evergreen Park at the time of his firing this month, according to the archdiocese. Parents there learned of his background and alerted authorities.
Smith, who has gone by different names and legally changed his last name amid the flurry of allegations over the years, cleared a background check with the Catholic schools system, officials there acknowledged…