The EWTN News portal reports that the conciliar structure in Chicago, under the usurper “Cardinal” Blase Cupich, has reinstated “Father” Michael Pfleger to active ministry after an “independent review board” cleared him of a fifth allegation of sexual abuse of a minor. The accused, a notorious activist who has pastored the parish of St. Sabina for 45 years in violation of canonical norms, previously invited the Islamic leader Louis Farrakhan to address the congregation, an act of public apostasy condemned by the “archdiocese” only rhetorically. Cupich’s letter frames the ordeal as a sharing in Christ’s cross, evacuating the supernatural reality of sin, justice, and the propitiatory Sacrifice. This farce demonstrates that the conciliar sect is not merely tolerant of scandal but structurally incapable of administering justice, having replaced the lex orandi, lex credendi (the law of prayer is the law of belief) with the lex of the world.
The Conciliar Sect’s Mockery of Justice: A Fifth Acquittal for a Serial Accused
The Usurper Cupich and the Nullity of His Act
The article states that “Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, has approved Father Michael Pfleger to return to ministry ‘effective immediately.'” From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, this act is canonically null and theologically impossible. The “Defense of Sedevacantism” file establishes that a manifest heretic loses his office ipso facto (by that very fact) without need of declaration. St. Robert Bellarmine teaches: “A Pope who is a manifest heretic, by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church.” The same principle applies to any “bishop” or “cardinal” of the conciliar sect who professes the heresies of Vatican II: religious liberty, ecumenism, collegiality, and the new ecclesiology. Cupich, as a public adherent of the conciliar revolution, is a manifest heretic and therefore cannot possess jurisdiction. His “approval” is the act of a private individual, devoid of any sacramental or juridical efficacy. As Bellarmine further states: “A non-Christian in no way can be Pope… he who is not a Christian is not a member of the Church, and a manifest heretic is not a Christian.” The “archdiocese” he heads is not a particular Church but a paramasonic structure occupying the visible patrimony of the Church in Chicago.
Pfleger: The Archetype of the Modernist “Priest”
The article describes Pfleger as a “priest known for his activism,” leading “fierce activism against drugs and guns along with outreach to prostitutes and drug dealers.” This is the quintessence of the conciliar “presbyterate”: the substitution of the munus regendi (office of governing) and munus sanctificandi (office of sanctifying) for the munus docendi (office of teaching) reduced to social work. Pius XI in Quas Primas declares: “The Church, established by Christ as a perfect society, demands for itself by a right belonging to it… full freedom and independence from secular authority.” Pfleger’s 45-year tenure at St. Sabina—”while most priest’s assignments last about seven years”—is a flagrant violation of Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code (cited in the Sedevacantism file), which mandates vacancy of office for public defection from the faith, but also reflects the conciliar abolition of canonical discipline. The “priest” who threatens to leave the priesthood if reassigned (as Pfleger did in 2011 under Cardinal George) manifests a clerical tyranny incompatible with the spiritus Domini (spirit of the Lord). His “ministry” is a naturalistic NGO operation, not the cura animarum (care of souls) for which the priesthood was instituted by Christ at the Last Supper.
Ecumenical Apostasy: The Farrakhan Precedent
The article notes that in 2019, “Cupich publicly denounced Pfleger’s decision to invite Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to speak at St. Sabina.” This single fact condemns the entire conciliar enterprise. The Syllabus of Errors (Pope Pius IX) condemns as error: “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion… in which form it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church” (Error 18). Inviting a Muslim leader to speak in a Catholic church—even a conciliar one—is formal participation in false worship, a violation of the First Commandment and the dogma Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus (Outside the Church there is no salvation). Pius XI in Quas Primas teaches: “His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” The “reign of Christ” demands the conversion of nations, not dialogue with their false prophets. The fact that Pfleger was not ipso facto suspended for this act of apostasy—merely “denounced” by Cupich—proves that the conciliar sect has no intention of defending the Faith. It is the “abomination of desolation” spoken of by Daniel, standing in the holy place.
The “Independent Review Board”: A Masonic Tribunal Replacing Canon Law
The article boasts of an “Independent Review Board, assisted by our Office of Child Protection and outside investigators.” This is the institutionalization of the Masonic “due process” within the conciliar sect, replacing the canonical process prescribed by the 1917 Code (Canons 1550-1989). The “False Fatima Apparitions” file exposes the Masonic strategy: “Stage 2 (1940-1958): Globalization of the cult and control of the narrative through Lucia’s isolation.” Here, the narrative is controlled by lay boards, lawyers, and “outside investigators”—saeculares (secular men) judging clerics. The Syllabus condemns: “The ecclesiastical forum or tribunal for the temporal causes… ought by all means to be abolished” (Error 31). The conciliar sect has fulfilled this Masonic error. The board’s conclusion—”there is no reason to believe Father Pfleger is guilty”—is not a canonical declaration of innocence (constat de non) but a bureaucratic risk-assessment. Cupich’s letter admits the motive: “It also protects the rights and interests of the accused cleric… the cleric has the freedom to return to ministry without a cloud of suspicion.” Justice for the victim? The honor of God? The scandal of the faithful? Absent. Only the “rights of the accused cleric” matter—a Masonic inversion of the salus animarum (salvation of souls).
Protestantized Suffering: The Evacuation of the Cross
Cupich’s letter is a masterpiece of Modernist sentimentalism. He writes: “Sufferings are not punishments or even tests of our endurance for pain. Rather, Jesus calls them crosses and thus associates them with his own.” This is a heretical denial of the punitive and medicinal nature of suffering. The Council of Trent (Sess. XIV, Can. 11) teaches that satisfaction for sin requires punishment. Lamentabili Sane Exitu (St. Pius X) condemns the Modernist error: “The dogmas of faith should be understood according to their practical function, i.e., as binding in action, rather than as principles of belief” (Error 26). Cupich reduces the Cross to a vague “participation in the salvation of the world,” stripping it of its propitiatory (satisfactory) value for sin. He tells the parish: “Following Him, being a disciple, is then not a demanding chore, but a great gift.” This is cheap grace, the Protestant heresy condemned by the Council of Trent. There is no mention of the Most Holy Sacrifice, the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary, the necessity of the state of grace, Confession, or the Last Judgment. The “cross” becomes a therapeutic metaphor for institutional embarrassment. This is the cult of man denounced by Pius XI: “When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed.”
Conclusion: The Abomination of Desolation in Chicago
The reinstatement of Pfleger is not an isolated scandal; it is the necessary fruit of the conciliar revolution. A sect that has abandoned the lex credendi (Vatican II’s heresies), the lex orandi (the Novus Ordo Missae), and the lex vivendi (moral theology) cannot produce justice. The “priest” is a social activist; the “bishop” is a CEO managing liability; the “review board” is a Masonic tribunal; the “theology” is Protestantized psychology. The faithful of St. Sabina are not “a light in the community” but sheep without a shepherd, trapped in a structure that simulates Catholicism while serving the “synagogue of Satan” (Pius IX, Syllabus context). As Pius XI commanded in Quas Primas: “Let rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ.” The conciliar sect refuses this veneration. The only Catholic response is to reject the conciliar sect entirely, adhere to the Traditional Latin Mass and the unchanging Magisterium, and pray for the restoration of the true hierarchy. Non possumus (We cannot) recognize this reinstatement as anything but a further manifestation of the Great Apostasy.
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Chicago priest reinstated after being cleared in sex abuse investigation (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 25.08.2026