An unfinished South Side youth center named for the Rev. PaulHall opened Sunday amid protests by residents who say Hall shouldn'tbe working on such projects because he was convicted of sexuallyassaulting his foster son.
About 20 residents of the Washington Heights and Morgan Parkneighborhoods picketed outside the facility at 10140 S. Halsted,where members of Hall's Christ Universal Church gave out schoolsupplies after an afternoon parade.
"Nobody in his right mind would allow a convicted pedophile torun a center for children," said Saundra Bishop, a Morgan Parkresident who helped coordinate the protest.
Hall, 52, said his work "was something positive" …
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