CHICAGO (WGN) — Prominent Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger has been asked to step away from ministry following a decades-long child sexual abuse allegation, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Tuesday.
According to a letter sent from Cardinal Blase Cupich to the St. Sabina community, Father Pfleger has been accused of sexual abuse of a minor from more than 40 years ago.
Pfleger is well-known in Chicago as an anti-violence activist and has been the pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church, located in Auburn-Gresham, since 1981.
Read the entire letter from Cardinal Cupich below:
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