Cardinal suspends priest from St. Sabina
CBS 2 News has learned that http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4797 from his position as pastor of St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church on Chicago’s South Side.
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports the move comes after several days of deliberation and consultation by the Cardinal, who first learned about http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4820 and Hillary Clinton from the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ last Thursday night.
The Cardinal immediately contacted Pfleger who agreed not to refer to the presidential candidates by name, but as CBS 2 reported at the time, there remained the possibility of some further disciplinary action against http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4014.
The Cardinal reportedly spoke to Pfleger again this morning.
A spokesman for the archdiocese would neither confirm nor deny action had been taken to remove Pfleger. Another spokesman said she expected to have some announcement later today.
Indications are that another Chicago priest would take over at St. Sabina, while plans for the permanent reassignment of Father Pfleger, who’s been there far longer than is customary in the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3921, would be accelerated.On May 25, Pfleger was a guest preacher at the Trinity United Church of Christ, of which Sen. Obama was a member for two decades. In his sermon, he mocked Clinton and the emotion she showed before the New Hampshire primary.
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