Pfleger was reinstated Saturday, after the Chicago Archdiocese review board found no reason to suspect he was guilty of sexual abuse of a teenager decades ago.
Father Michael Pfleger, the much-loved and controversial pastor of Saint Sabina Church, led Sunday morning mass for the first time in months., after the Chicago Archdiocese review board found no reason to suspect he was guilty of sexual abuse of a teenager decades ago. Pfleger agreed to step aside from his duties in October, after a man now in his 40s accused him of sexual abuse in the 1980s.
The man claimed that on two separate occasions, Father Pfleger sexually abused him at the church rectory. At the time, the man was a minor. . Two adult brothers filed claims of more decades old abuse. That time Pfleger was also asked to step aside and was away from his ministry for several months before a panel found"insufficient reason to suspect" he was guilty.
Throughout all of these claims, Pfleger has maintained his innocence. Regarding this latest accusation he wrote in a statement in October,"Unfortunately the process of the Archdiocese today is that a priest is presumed guilty until proven innocent." Attorney Eugene Hollander, an attorney for the man who made the latest sexual abuse claim, expressed his client's disappointment about the ruling.
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