The charge of "making parishioners worship before an empty tabernacle" is the Catholic equivalent of "abuse of power" being leveled at Trump in these fake impeachment proceedings. (HINT: George Washington and a couple dozen other presidents could *equally* be charged with "abuse of power" if that were an impeachable offense -- because political opponents literally charged them with that!)
In other words it's
* propaganda, just another cow patty being thrown at the wall to see if it will stick
* not a crime
* not even an issue
* an issue/pseudo-crime I've never even heard before
* could be applied to many good priests over the years, for various reasons
P.S. I appreciate your honesty in admitting you were a Pfeifferite. I must say, my sense of smell works quite well. I will point out: Fr. Hewko left Fr. Pfeiffer quite a while ago, and it would seem that it takes YEARS to work all the poison out of your bloodstream, even after leaving the cult.