NEW YORK
Church Militant
If half of what is alleged in the million-plus dollar lawsuit against Cdl. Timothy Dolan and his archdiocese is true, it could be the end of him being archbishop of New York. And this is a case that other bishops should pay close attention to because if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.
There are two major areas that overlap in this tragic case. First: the sordid sexual deeds of a priest made pastor of a Bronx parish by Cdl. Dolan — Fr. Peter Miqueli — whom parishioners charge with carrying on a perverted pay-for-gay sexual relationship with a live-in lover for years. The second area which overlaps is that in order to pay for this perverted lifestyle, Fr. Miqueli embezzled nearly a million dollars over the course of years from two parishes.
The first is obviously sinful; the second is not only sinful, but also criminal. For at least two years, parishioners took their case to various personnel at the archdiocese and were dismissed. Other troubling areas involve gay porn on the rectory computer seen by a young teenage boy. When he saw it, the gay prostitute, who was present at the moment, made up excuses for it. Despite a mountain of evidence, chancery officials kept denying there is any evidence — and that includes most especially Cdl. Dolan, who is the one where the buck stops.
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