Father Michael Pfleger, a Chicago priest known for his political activism, has been cleared by an archdiocesan review board of charges of child sexual abuse.
“The Review Board has concluded there is insufficient reason to suspect Father Pfleger is guilty of these allegations,” wrote Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, in a letter to the St Sabina “faith community,” where Fr Pfleger has long served as senior pastor. The Cardinal announced that he is reinstating Fr Pfleger in his position, but has asked him to take two weeks “to prepare himself spiritually and emotionally to return” to the parish.
