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St. Sabina Senior Pastor Father Michael Pfleger has been reinstated to ministry after an independent review board concluded there is no reason to believe he is guilty of sexually abusing a minor at the church more than 30 years ago, Archdiocese of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said in a letter to parishioners on Monday.
“As to this case, the Review Board has concluded there is no reason to believe Father Pfleger isguilty of this allegation,” Cupich said in the letter, in part. “After careful consideration I have accepted their conclusion and have reinstated Father Pfleger to ministry at St. Sabina, effective immediately.”
In his letter, Cupich acknowledged the hardship felt by parishioners during Pfleger’s absence.
“It is in this spirit that I want to recognize the suffering you and Father Mike have endured, for I know his absence has been real and painful,” he said, in part.
Pfleger posted on Facebook Monday night, saying, “Thank you God and thanks to all who stood by me. “
Following the allegations, Pfleger stepped aside last month in keeping with the Archdiocese’s child protection policies, at Cupich’s request.
Pfleger previously denied the allegations in a statement sent to NBC Chicago, calling them “an absolute lie.”
“I have no memory of this girl nor do countless others who have been at St. Sabina for those years. The statement she has supposedly made is absolutely not true, and the facts will show that this is just an attempt by someone who is either being unfairly manipulated by others to hurt my reputation, or who is simply trying to make money by making false accusations,” Pfleger said in the statement.
“For the 51 years of my ministry I have been threatened, slandered, and attacked. I was suspended twice because of my calling out of racism and suspended for unfounded accusations. My background has been investigated from high school, college, graduate school, and all the years of my ministry and all accusations were determined to be unfounded,” Pfleger said in the statement. “I have been publicly attacked due to my public position against gun violence, my opposition against the inhumane policies and practices of Donald Trump, and even because of my friendship with Minister Farrakhan.”
Pfleger was reinstated after stepping aside in 2022 when a Chicago attorney filed a claim with the Archdiocese of Chicago alleging that Pfleger had sexually abused his client when he was a minor in the late 1980s.
Prior to those allegations, Pfleger was also accused of sexual abuse by three different men, leading to an investigation that began in 2021. Pfleger was allowed to return to the church in June of that year after the Archdiocese found the allegations to be unfounded.
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