March 2017: Cupich instructed his priests not to offer sanctuary to immigrants as that would create “false hope.” 
Feb.2017: Cupich said he does not believe in the usefulness of street protests that question Trump’s legitimacy. 
Sept. 21, 2016: Chicago Fr. Octavio Munoz was arrested on child pornography charges. The previous summer, Cupich had transferred Munoz to a Maryland treatment center without notifying the police although evidence of Munoz' crime was known to the archdiocese. 
In 2015, Cupich fired archdiocesan employees Sandor Demkovich and Colin Collette after coming out as gay. 
He also defrocked Fr. Marco Mercado because of his “inappropriate relationship with an adult man.” 
NCR doesn't report criticisms of Cupich.