NEW YORK
Church Militant
by Bradley Eli, M.Div., MA.Th.
(Reader discretion advised) BRONX (ChurchMilitant.com) – Parishioners in the archdiocese of New York have filed a lawsuit against a priest accusing him of embezzling more than $1,000,000 from two parishes since 2003. Further charges are that the money was used in part to fund his drug-laced sex parties with a homosexual prostitute. The lawsuit alleges these crimes were perpetrated with the full knowledge of the archdiocese and Cdl. Timothy Dolan.
For the last several months, ChurchMilitant.com has been investigating the allegations against Fr. Peter Miqueli, pastor of St. Frances de Chantal in Throgs Neck, New York.
A September report by ChurchMilitant.com describes allegations against Fr. Miqueli that he has been ransacking parish funds for nearly a decade to the tune of approximately $1,000,000.
Almost two years ago parishioners started a website and Facebook page to document Fr. Miqueli’s radical behavior.
Another ChurchMilitant.com report filed last week raised the question as to how the archdiocese is still allowing this priest to continue in his ministry with these allegations.
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