A Brooklyn monsignor whose church had been subpoenaed amid the Eric Adams corruption investigation has been changed after allegedly mishandling $2 million in church funds and utilizing a church bank card for private bills, the Diocese mentioned in an announcement Monday.
Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, of Our Girl of Mount Carmel, was stripped “of any pastoral oversight or governance role at the Parish because he has mishandled substantial church funds and interfered with the administration of the Paris after being directed not to do so,” the assertion learn.
On the time, the 2 claimed a decades-long friendship.
Gigantiello was additionally the monsignor who allowed the filming of Sabrina Carpenter’s pop music video on the church, which the Diocese says was in opposition to coverage. He misplaced standing instantly after that incident, too. His substitute, Deacon Dobbins, additionally has been placed on administrative depart. The church alleges Gigantiello ordered somebody to file a non-public dialog with Dobbins that occurred in Parish workplace. Dobbins used offensive and racist language throughout that dialog, the church says, and whereas the recording was made with out his consent, it says he is accountable.
The overview that uncovered these findings was borne of Bishop Robert Brennan’s initiation of a broad evaluation of compliance with Diocesan insurance policies at Our Girl of Mount Carmel. In accordance with the findings, Gigantiello transfered $1.9 million in Parish funds to financial institution accounts related to Carone’s regulation agency in addition to two affiliated firms.
These transfers took the type of obvious loans from the Parish to these Carone-affiliated entities, one with curiosity, one with out.
Gigantiello failed to tell Diocesan officers or get the required approval for the transfers, church officers say. The overview additionally based further cases the place Gigantiello used and transferred Parish funds in violation of coverage. They are saying he additionally ussed a church bank card for substantial private bills, which stay underneath investigation.
Neither Carone, nor Gigantiello, nor Dobbins has been charged with any felony wrongdoing right now. The latter two could not instantly be reached for touch upon Monday’s developments.
Gigantiello is thought for his love for cooking, as seen on his Fb web page. He manufactures a line of pasta sauce referred to as “A Taste of Heaven,” the proceeds of which he has mentioned go to charity.
Questions on attainable enterprise transactions between Carone and the monsignor come amid a number of separate, ongoing federal investigations into Metropolis Corridor, the NYPD and previous Adams’ marketing campaign fundraising, sources say.
Nobody has been charged, however the investigations have resulted within the NYPD commissioner resigning and several other high mayoral aides having their telephones seized by the FBI. These investigations are ongoing and it seems, in line with sources, Carone and the monsignor at the moment are dealing with scrutiny from federal prosecutors in a separate matter.
