Fr. Pfleger... Removed from Parish.

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http://cbs2chicago.com/local/pfleger.suspension.church.2.739534.html

CHICAGO (CBS) ― CBS 2 News has learned that Francis Cardinal George is temporarily removing Father Michael Pfleger 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 Pfleger's racially charged comments about senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from the pulpit of Trinity Unity 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 Pfleger.

The Cardinal reportedly spoke to Pfleger again Tuesday morning.

"I have asked Father Michael Pfleger, Pastor of St. Sabina's Parish, to step back from his obligations there," the Cardinal said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon, "and take leave for a couple of weeks from his pastoral duties, effective today."

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I don't think this should reflect upon Obama, but Pfleger definitely should be removed.

That sort of politicizing the pulpit has no place in a house of worship.

I would support revoking the tax exempt status of Falwellesque evangelical churches and in Trinityesque churches that preach this sort of black liberation theology.
 
Epicurus said:
I don't think this should reflect upon Obama, but Pfleger definitely should be removed.

That sort of politicizing the pulpit has no place in a house of worship.

I would support revoking the tax exempt status of Falwellesque evangelical churches and in Trinityesque churches that preach this sort of black liberation theology.
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They can, if they do nothing at all, lose their tax exempt status.
 
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