NEW YORK
Daily Mail (UK)
The Catholic priest who allegedly stole more than $1million in donations to pay for gay sex with a sadomasochistic ‘master’ used to routinely berate parishioners for being gay or single parents, members of his congregation claim.
Rev Peter Miqueli resigned from his post as pastor at St Frances de Chantal in Throggs Neck, the Bronx, on Saturday.
The 53-year-old is accused of taking from the donation plate at St. Frances de Chantal and also stealing from his former church, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini on Roosevelt Island.
According to a lawsuit filed against him in Manhattan Supreme Court, the stolen donations were used to fund his $1,000-a-time bondage sessions with a gay ‘sex master’ named Keith Crist.
Now, members of Miqueli’s flock are speaking out, claiming the disgraced reverend seemed to harbor a unique hatred for homosexuals and single parents.
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