Overview
- Cardinal Blase Cupich told St. Sabina parishioners Saturday that he has asked Father Michael Pfleger to step aside from ministry and live away from the parish while the allegation is reviewed.
- The Archdiocese’s Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review has received the report and the Independent Review Board will examine the claim and make a recommendation to Cupich.
- Pfleger has issued a categorical denial and said he was told the accuser is a woman who attended St. Sabina and alleges abuse between 1993 and 1995.
- Father Thulani D. Magwaza is serving as pastor at St. Sabina during Pfleger’s absence so weekly services and school support continue.
- Pfleger has faced multiple decades-old claims in recent years and was previously removed, investigated, and then reinstated after review panels found insufficient reason to suspect guilt, a history that shapes both parish response and scrutiny of the archdiocese’s procedures.