(Cardinal) George Temporarily Removes Pfleger From St. Sabina

CBS2 Chicago ^ | 6/3/2008 | n/a

[ELS]

As I understand it priest are only permitted to stay at a parish for 6 years.

Not exactly. It is a policy of some dioceses, but it is not mandatory that pastors be transferred after six years.

[kitkat]

***Agreed long overdue. As I understand it priest are only permitted to stay at a parish for 6 years.***

Not so with a pastor, who serves at the direction of his bishop.

[vpintheak]

What needs to happen is a recall to Rome and a face to face smackdown with the Pope. I’m no Catholic, but you don’t have to be to imagine the scene.

[Tarkus2040]

Knock it off. Homosexual predator priests have been removed from their parishes by the boat-load over the years--as they should be.

Many (over the years) were simply transferred to other parishes. When the Catholic church could no longer keep a lid on the "problem," they finally took action. The removal of said priests wasn't a voluntary action by the church from the git-go, as you make it sound.

[Revolting cat!]

It’s best to ignore trolls.

[Tarkus2040]

Speaking the truth is getting pretty darn dull around here, eh?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Pfleger needs to pfind another pflock.

[My Favorite Headache]

Bill O’Reilly called for this thing...I am sure he will be pleased as punch.

[mgist]

This is one of the many things I like about the church, Phleger was something I did not recognize. We are called to be humble, charitable, and people of God. I knew the church would take care of this problem and Phleger is an example of why it is so important to have dogma, structure, and organization.

[fetal heart beats by 21st day]

Rev. Phleger has been openly supporting and promoting an open and strong public advocate of abortion and infanticide, intrinsically evil crimes, so serious that they warrant excommunication.

Cardinal George needs to demand that he either publicly denounce his support for Obama and all other death-lovers, or begin formal excommunication proceedings.

[Anti-Bubba182]

We will hear about it tonight.

[old and tired]

but anti-white hate speech (from a white priest, no less) is where the church draws the line.

Actually, it wasn't. The Cardinal was forced to act by the Catholic faithful. The spineless Cardinal has known about this idiot for years, but until he felt pressure, he did nothing.

[Non-Sequitur]

Bill O’Reilly called for this thing...I am sure he will be pleased as punch.

Pleased? O'Reilly probably has convinced himself that Cardinal George took the step only because O'Reilly called for it.

[Dacula]

LIAR, LIAR SNIPER FIRE! Unless you have ACTUAL and FACTUAL proof, I call BS.

I agree that it was not handled properly, but as you say, over the years, things HAVE been done properly.

Where do you get your facts? Are you even a Catholic?

I am tired of the false rumors. Back it up with facts or shut up!!

[muir_redwoods]

Say what you want about the RC Church but when a Cardinal wants to make the lightening strike on one of his priests, the only sound is thunder.

[Admin Moderator]

Knock it off.

[Notwithstanding]

The sad fact is that Pfleger is vitrually useless outside of a black liberation theology context. And of course a black liberation theology context is antithetical to Catholic doctrine.

It’s disgusting.

[umgud]

I’d guess we’ll see him next when he signs on with NBC as a political analyst.

[Tarkus2040]

I am tired of the false rumors. Back it up with facts or shut up!!

Where have you been for the past few decades? Even Catholics readily admit these acts of impropriety have existed. I'd rather not insult your intelligence by telling you to do some research on the subject, or are you a Catholic in denial?