NEW YORK
Staten Island Advance
By Eddie DAnna | danna@siadvance.com
on December 14, 2015
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While its investigation is ongoing, the Archdiocese says it has yet to substantiate claims against a priest with Staten Island ties accused in a lawsuit of using collection-plate money to support a homosexual relationship with his “sex master.”
In an email sent Sunday night to parishioners, the Archdiocese’s communications office said officials have met with parishioners at St. Frances de Chantal R.C. Church in the Bronx to hear their concerns over Rev. Peter Miqueli.
“To date we have found nothing to substantiate the allegations that have been raised, and, in fact, with regard to the parish finances, we know that the allegation that Father Miqueli stole $1 million from each parish, as was alleged by the plaintiffs’ attorney, is completely false,” the Archdiocese email reads. “We did find that Father Miqueli had deficient management and administrative practices, and have put forward several directives to remedy those deficiencies.”
The investigation, including a “forensic audit of the parish,” will continue, according to the email.
According to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last Monday, several worshippers claim Father Miqueli used their money to fuel BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism) sex romps with his “sex master,” Keith Crist.
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