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As the Chicago Archdiocese investigates allegations that the Rev. Michael Pfleger molested two brothers in the 1970s, a third man has come forward to say the priest made an unwanted sexual advance when the accuser was 18.
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A third man has come forward alleging he was sexually abused by the Rev. Michael Pfleger, according to a lawyer for two brothers who publicly accused Pfleger in January.
In a sworn statement, the 59-year-old man said he was 18 when Pfleger molested him in the St. Sabina rectory, lawyer Eugene Hollander said. Hollander said he delivered the man’s affidavit to the Archdiocese of Chicago yesterday.
“This man is not filing a lawsuit, and he is not looking for money. . However, he came forward because he wants the Archdiocese to know what kind of priest Father Pfleger really is so it can take appropriate action and remove him from St. Sabina,” Hollander said in a news release today. “He wants to support the victims who have come forward and the many who have not because of fear of
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