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New York Post

By Kevin Fasick
December 12, 2015

The Bronx priest accused of pilfering the collection plate to pay for his bodybuilder S&M “master” resigned from his post as pastor Saturday.

“I have made the decision to step aside from my position as pastor of this parish while this unfortunate and regrettable situation is investigated,” The Rev. Peter Miqueli wrote in a letter read at the 5 p.m. mass to his distressed parishioners at St. Frances de Chantal parish in Throggs Neck.

“Cardinal Dolan has graciously given me permission to do so.”

But the allegedly pervy pastor didn’t quite confess.

“I am not guilty of the charges that certain individuals have brought against me,” he wrote.

He thought his presence at the church would “be a distraction,” particularly during the Advent and Christmas season, the letter said.