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Brooklyn Pastor Removed After Secretly Loaning $2 Million of Parish Funds to Lawyer

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From 2019 to 2021 the priest allegedly transferred $1.9 million of parish funds to bank accounts linked to the attorney Frank Carone, a longtime figure in Brooklyn Democratic politics.

A pastor in Brooklyn, New York, has been removed from his city parish after a review found alleged “severe” financial violations, including a secret transfer of parish funds totaling almost $2 million.

Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan said in a statement this week that he had relieved Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello of “any pastoral oversight or governance role” at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish after an outside review found “evidence of severe violations of diocesan policies and protocols.”

Bishop Brennan previously disciplined Gigantiello last year after the priest allowed pop star Sabrina Carpenter to shoot a lewd music video in the church. Brennan at that time relieved the pastor of administrative oversight of the parish.

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