Chicago's St. Sabina Parish Fiercely Backs Priest After Sex Abuse Claims
CHICAGO (AP) -- A Black Catholic church on Chicago's South Side is waging an unusually fierce fight with the archdiocese over its investigation of decades-old sexual abuse allegations against a popular activist priest.
St. Sabina Church is a close-knit community that's been a social activism hub for 40 years under the Rev. Michael Pfleger.
But the white priest's job, his reputation in a Black community that's long respected him, and the parish's future are in jeopardy because of abuse allegations leveled against him by three men, two of whom are Black and a third whose race hasn't been made public.
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Parishioners have written letters, held demonstrations and challenged the accusers accounts.
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