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Fr. Michael Pfleger at St. Sabina Parish in Chicago in 2018 (CNS/Chicago Catholic/Karen Callaway)

Chicago's Fr. Pfleger cleared of abuse allegations, will be reinstated as pastor

"The Review Board has concluded that there is insufficient reason to suspect Father Pfleger is guilty of these allegations," Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich wrote in a letter to the St. Sabina congregation May 24.

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Fr. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, is seen in this 2015 file photo. Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago asked the priest to step aside from ministry Jan. 5, after the Archdiocese of Chicago received an allegation he sexually abused

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