"I did not consent for Mike [Pfleger] to touch me in a sexual manner," the man said in the affidavit. The attorney, Eugene Hollander, said he gave the Archdiocese of Chicago the signed and notarized affidavit Tuesday. "We have received the affidavit and will process it as we do every such allegation," the archdiocese said in a statement. Two men previously accused PflegerIn a press release accompanying the affidavit, Hollander said the accuser is not filing a lawsuit. Two men, brothers now in their 60s, previously accused Pfleger of sexual abuse, alleging it began in the early 1970s, when they were 12 or 13 years old.

Source: The Nation March 04, 2021 04:41 UTC