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by Christine Niles • ChurchMilitant.com • December 12, 2015

“I have made the decision to step aside from my position as pastor of this parish …”

BRONX (ChurchMilitant.com) – Following intense media scrutiny over the last 48 hours, including from ChurchMilitant.com, Fr. Peter Miqueli — the New York pastor being sued over allegedly embezzling more than $1 million to fund his perverted sex life — has resigned.

The announcement came this evening at 5:00 p.m. EST as Fr. Miqueli read a prepared statement outside of St. Francis de Chantal parish in Throggs Neck, New York. “I have made the decision to step aside from my position as pastor of this parish while this unfortunate and regrettable situation is investigated … .”

Father Miqueli insisted that he is “not guilty of the charges” documented in the 40-page lawsuit filed Thursday by attorney Michael…