# Influential Priest Accused of Abuse, Beware Raw Lettuce, and All-Star Weekend Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697/influential-priest-accused-of-abuse-beware-raw-lettuce-and-all-star-weekend Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697/influential-priest-accused-of-abuse-beware-raw-lettuce-and-all-star-weekend.md Podcast: [City Cast Chicago](https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697) Published: 2026-07-15T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC9276406334.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC9276406334.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-chicago-1425697/episodes/influential-priest-accused-of-abuse-beware-raw-lettuce-and-all-star-weekend Duration seconds: 2227 ## Resource The Rev. Michael Pfleger, the St. Sabina parish leader for 45 years, has been removed from his position as the Archdiocese of Chicago investigates another accusation of sexual assault against him. We break down the latest reporting with contributors Brandon Pope and Anna DeShawn. Plus, WNBA All-Star Weekend returns to Chicago next week, and we’ve got cyclosporiasis updates.  Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our daily newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Learn more about the sponsors of this July 15 episode: Visit Bloomington Destination Madison Newberry Library Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE  ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-chicago-1425697/episodes/influential-priest-accused-of-abuse-beware-raw-lettuce-and-all-star-weekend/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-chicago-1425697/influential-priest-accused-of-abuse-beware-raw-lettuce-and-all-star-weekend.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.