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Father Michael Pfleger Ousted From St. Sabina Over Child Sex Abuse Allegations
Block Club Chicago ^ | January 5, 2021 | Jamie Nesbitt Golden

Posted on 01/05/2021 7:04:58 PM PST by ebb tide

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Pfleger was ordained as a priest in 1975 and took over St. Sabina six years later when he was 31.

The same year (1981) he began his post at St. Sabina, he adopted an eight-year-old son, Lamar.

And the abuse occurred 40 years ago?

Do the math.

21 posted on 01/05/2021 7:48:19 PM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: Lurker

I sure didn’t like this guy. Glad to see him out of his position and hopefully off the streets.


22 posted on 01/05/2021 7:48:43 PM PST by umgud
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To: ebb tide

I recall this priest being ordered by his Bishop to change parishes. This priest simply and loudly refused to obey the Bishop’s order, saying the people at his present church
needed him more than the new church. I think he got away with this defiance for quite a few months.

I also recall around 2007 during the campaign when he made some kind of uncouth remarks about Hilary. Father Phleger was always solidly behind Obama.


23 posted on 01/05/2021 7:53:09 PM PST by lee martell
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To: ebb tide

The dude is Jim Jones reincarnated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZij8jxQ58Q


24 posted on 01/05/2021 7:53:11 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: ebb tide

His friendship with Obama is suddenly starting to make sense


25 posted on 01/05/2021 7:54:59 PM PST by PGR88
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To: HighSierra5

His chickennnnnnnnnnnsssssssss have come home to roost.


26 posted on 01/05/2021 8:07:16 PM PST by Noumenon ("Only the dead have seen an end to war." - Plato (KTF))
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To: a fool in paradise
I LOATHE this Fr. Pflegler guy, but we can't read anything into the fact that the Church is paying for the (alleged) victim's counseling or providing counseling for the (alleged) victim. That's just the way it goes once these accusations are made.

I have a real problem with accusations from four decades ago, even when the accused is as big a jerk as Pflegler. There are innocent priests whose lives have been destroyed by false accusations. Of course, priests who do abuse children should be sent up the river.

27 posted on 01/05/2021 8:28:33 PM PST by utahagen (but but)
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To: lee martell

This priest is a bizarre loser. He is white, yet speaks with a pronounced black accent.


28 posted on 01/05/2021 8:29:33 PM PST by utahagen (but but)
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To: rhinohunter

Are we surprised?


29 posted on 01/05/2021 8:32:39 PM PST by Saint Athanasius ("I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: utahagen

Rachael Dolezal feels his pain.
She too ‘identifies’ as being black.
A long term lie that eventually cost her job.


30 posted on 01/05/2021 8:32:39 PM PST by lee martell
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To: utahagen

Yeah, a self hating white cuck. We’ve seen his type before.


31 posted on 01/05/2021 8:35:23 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: lee martell

This priest is a bizarre loser. He is white, yet speaks with a pronounced black accent.


32 posted on 01/05/2021 8:43:43 PM PST by utahagen (but but)
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To: BillyBoy

Didn’t he “adopt” a son in violation of church law? And didn’t the kid die? Dollars to donuts he was being sodomized by Fager.


33 posted on 01/05/2021 8:43:50 PM PST by Impy (George Washington did not concede to King George.)
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To: ebb tide

Pfleger is a psychopath. I remember his rants from decades ago. He is the Chicago equivalent to Rev. Warnock of Georgia.

Now we have to ask of both of them, “Would you trust your young children with these men”? If the answer is “Yes”, then you’re a Democrat.


34 posted on 01/05/2021 9:04:13 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Old Yeller

#10. “He’s brain-dead, Jim” only the mouth kept going on.


35 posted on 01/05/2021 9:05:23 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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He ministered to Judge Napolitano.

Or they compared notes.


36 posted on 01/05/2021 10:41:35 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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To: tbw2

Seems like the old ways were/are the best in dealing with this abomination.

(And I am not Catholic.)


37 posted on 01/06/2021 12:19:28 AM PST by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites)
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To: ebb tide

Saw that on Illinoiscarry.com yesterday. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. < /sarc>


38 posted on 01/06/2021 5:35:40 AM PST by Lee N. Field ("He will swallow up death forever" Isaiah 25)
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To: utahagen

I’m with you on this. Faithful priests are often smeared by false accusations. I saw this happen locally and the Bishop (Wuerl) used the falsehood to change a conservative parish by installing a wreaking ball leftist priest there.
Pflegler should have been removed years ago for stuff we know he did.


39 posted on 01/06/2021 5:42:04 AM PST by Varda
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Each diocese is largely independent.

Conservatives can reform the diocese of their choice. Not much is stopping them

But not Chicago


40 posted on 01/06/2021 6:55:15 AM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ) )
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