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New York Daily News
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BY BARBARA ROSS EDGAR SANDOVAL DAREH GREGORIAN
It’s all bulls–t!
An allegedly potty-mouthed priest accused of belittling his staffers at a Staten Island Catholic school with steady streams of foul insults is calling the claims “absurd.”
The Rev. Michael Reilly, principal of St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School,was sued earlier this week by three staffers who charge his “crude and vulgar statements” have created a hostile work environment at the school.
Reilly, the suit says, often launches into sexist, homophobic and racist rants, referring to women as “b—-es” or “tw-ts,” gays as “f-gs,” and saying he wanted to kick a black teacher “back to the jungle.”
EXCLUSIVE: Staten Island priest sued for vile rants at HS
The priest emailed a letter to school parents Wednesday morning saying, “You likely have seen or heard about a lawsuit that has been brought against several members of the school administration, including myself …”
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