Cardinal George asks Father Pfleger to take leave from parish post

Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago announced today that he has asked Father Michael Pfleger, who mocked Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton in an address May 25 at a Chicago church, to step down from his post as pastor of St. Sabina Church "for a couple of weeks" and named a temporary administrator for the parish, Catholic News Service is reporting.

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