Posts Tagged ‘Diocese of Brooklyn’

Brooklyn pastor apologises for provocative music video filmed in church

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

A Brooklyn pastor who was disciplined after he allowed a pop star to shoot a lewd music video in his church wrote a letter to his parish Nov 4, taking “full responsibility” for the matter while adding that he had “no knowledge” that “such a scene” would be filmed in the church. Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, Read more

NY deacon gets 16 years for ‘enticing’ minors via Grindr

Monday, March 20th, 2023

A deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after he admitted to prosecutors that he engaged in sexual acts with minors he met on the hook-up app Grindr. Rogelio Vega, 52, was sentenced on March 15, two years after he was arrested in an NYPD sting Read more