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Fr. Michael Pfleger, Still Under Investigation by the Chicago Archdiocese, Says He’ll Return to Ministry
Catholic News Agency ^ | 3/24/21

Posted on 03/24/2021 5:59:49 PM PDT by marshmallow

Washington D.C., Mar 24, 2021 / 10:00 am MT (CNA).- An activist Chicago priest has pledged to return to some form of parish ministry while he remains under investigation by the archdiocese for three different allegations of sexual abuse.

“Over the next days, I will seek other ways and opportunities to minister in the Auburn Gresham community and continue outreach while this process seemingly drags on,” said a March 22 letter from Fr. Michael Pfleger to his parish of St. Sabina’s, and to other community leaders.

St. Sabina - also known as St. Sabina Faith Community - is located in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.

“I will let you know soon where and how I’ll be doing this,” Pfleger added in his letter. He told the Chicago Sun Times that he would be “working with community organizations,” but did not elaborate further.

Pfleger has been removed from ministry at St. Sabina since January 5, when a man came forward and alleged that he was abused by Pfleger as a child more than 40 years ago. Since then, two other men – including one who is the brother of the first accuser – have said that they too were sexually abused by Pfleger.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, said in a Jan. 5 letter to the archdiocese that he had asked “Father Pfleger to step aside from ministry following receipt” of the abuse allegation. “Allegations are claims that have not been proven as true or false. Therefore, guilt or innocence should not be assumed,” Cardinal Cupich stated.

At the time, Cupich reported that “Father Pfleger has agreed to cooperate fully with my request and will live away from the parish while this matter is investigated.”

Now, however, Pfleger and members of St. Sabina have......

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1 posted on 03/24/2021 5:59:49 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Who is he abusing now?


2 posted on 03/24/2021 6:23:28 PM PDT by Stepan12 ("...and with the beasts of the earth.")
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To: marshmallow

I really hope this race baiting jagoff priest is taken down and winds up in jail. What is the prosecutor’s office doing about this? Some political pressure needs to be applied to that incompetent Soros backed DA in Cook County Has the church turned over the details to the prosecutor’s office as required?


3 posted on 03/24/2021 6:28:49 PM PDT by chuckee
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What is the prosecutor’s office doing about this?

Probably nothing. Probably keeping him in the loop as to what's going on. This is the Chicago D. machine, after all.

4 posted on 03/24/2021 6:40:40 PM PDT by Lee N. Field ("He will swallow up death forever" Isaiah 25)
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To: marshmallow

Of course he’s returning. Disgraced liberals never, ever stop.

His ignorant parisheners will look the other way.


5 posted on 03/24/2021 7:04:51 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: marshmallow

Auburn Gresham: In at #5 (of Chicago’s 50 neighborhoods) for the most homicides this year, according to data from the Hey Jackass site.


6 posted on 03/24/2021 7:54:46 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: marshmallow

Anyone as slimes and hateful as this guy has got to be a pervert.


7 posted on 03/24/2021 8:44:01 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative)
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To: marshmallow

Why. I never would’ve guessed it. NOT!


8 posted on 03/25/2021 1:19:21 AM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: Stosh

Too bad Second City Cop blog was shut down in the January Tech purge. They would have been all over Mikey Faker’s pederasty


9 posted on 03/25/2021 5:27:52 AM PDT by slapshot (Coke wants me to act less white? Well I will buy less Coke- Get woke go broke-)
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Also Fr. Faker was burrowed into his PArish for many years past mandatory rotation? In true Chicago form, he probably had some information on Cardinal Cupcake. Sitting back and waiting for the first rat to squeal to get the best deal


10 posted on 03/25/2021 5:29:48 AM PDT by slapshot (Coke wants me to act less white? Well I will buy less Coke- Get woke go broke-)
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Also Fr. Faker was burrowed into his PArish for many years past mandatory rotation? In true Chicago form, he probably had some information on Cardinal Cupcake. Sitting back and waiting for the first rat to squeal to get the best deal

That's what this sounds like. Pfleger and Cupich are ideological blood brothers, but Cupich probably got tired of being blackmailed.
11 posted on 03/25/2021 6:38:55 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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