NEW YORK
New York Post
By Tom Wilson and Bruce Golding
October 5, 2015
Parishioners at a Manhattan church showed little support Sunday for their disgraced former pastor, who got the boot for knocking up his married mistress during an affair that included making kinky “cake crush” sex tapes.
The pews were emptier than usual Sunday at the St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Washington Heights, which was led by the Rev. George Passias before his downfall, which was revealed by The Post.
Modal Trigger“He used to be a good priest, he talked nice and everything. He got people into church,” said Nicholas Karaniaks, 68, who has been praying at St. Spyridon over the past 36 years. “Now it’s more empty, because the scandal scares people away.”
Passias, 67, was suspended by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America on Sept. 16 after the husband of his mistress, Ethel Bouzalas, 45, blew the whistle on their bizarre affair.
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