Michael Pfleger
Chicago priest Michael Pfleger cleared of abuse charges, reinstated to St. Sabina
By Bob Smietana — December 10, 2022
(RNS) — Cardinal Blase Cupic of the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Saturday that an investigation had found no support for the allegations against the well-known priest.
St. Sabina stands by Chicago priest Rev. Michael Pfleger amid second set of abuse allegations
By Bob Smietana — October 17, 2022
(RNS) — Church leaders dismissed the new allegations against him as a spiritual attack.
Cleared Chicago priest holds first Mass since reinstatement
By Sophia Tareen — June 7, 2021
CHICAGO (AP) — “It’s good to be home,” the Rev. Michael Pfleger repeatedly told congregants of the Faith Community of St. Sabina. Pfleger was cleared by an Archdiocese of Chicago investigation into claims that he sexually abused several boys decades ago. A police investigation remains open.
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By Emily Churchill — May 29, 2021
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Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago reinstates Rev. Michael Pfleger after past sex abuse allegations
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 24, 2021
CHICAGO (RNS) — The Rev. Michael Pfleger, 71, will return to his position as senior pastor of the Faith Community of St. Sabina in Chicago on June 5, according to a letter from Cardinal Blase Cupich.
Chicago parish fiercely backs priest after sex abuse claims
By Sophia Tareen — March 15, 2021
CHICAGO (AP) — "Father Pfleger is our family," said St. Sabina parishioner Pam Bosley. "We are not going to stop. We need him back."
Brothers accuse prominent Chicago priest of sexual abuse
By Michael Tarm — January 26, 2021
(RNS) — A Sunday statement from the Rev. Michael Pfleger’s private attorneys said the allegations were false.
Chicago’s activist priest Rev. Michael Pfleger steps aside amid past child abuse allegation: Archdiocese
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 5, 2021
CHICAGO (RNS) — Pfleger is well known in the city for his activism, particularly against gun violence.
As Catholic-Jewish relations warm in Rome, they cool in Chicago
By Yonat Shimron — May 10, 2019
(RNS) — As Catholics in Rome reached out to Jews, Louis Farrakhan took the pulpit of a Catholic Church in Chicago.
Farrakhan says he doesn’t hate Jewish people
By Herbert G. McCann — May 10, 2019
CHICAGO (AP) — Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday that despite assertions by Facebook when it banned him from its platform, he is not a hater of Jewish people, a misogynist nor a homophobe.
Father Michael Pfleger: ‘Just a parish priest’
By Martin E. Marty — October 4, 2016
The people at St. Sabina, against all odds, hope for justice, compassion, care of the weak and needy, and then use that vision to help change the scene around them.
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