The pastor at a Brooklyn Catholic church under federal investigation for questionable loans to a former City Hall insider is out of the job — as newly revealed racist recordings become part of the scandal.
Controversial Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, whose $1.9 million in loans to a former aide of Mayor Eric Adams got him in hot water with the feds last year, also secretly recorded a deacon at his Williamsburg church making “racist and offensive” comments, the Diocese of Brooklyn announced Monday.
It’s the latest wrinkle at Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish, which already raised eyebrows last year when scantily-clad pop singer Sabrina Carpenter got the green light to shoot a sultry music video inside the 160-year-old church.
The diocese launched a probe into the monsignor, with an outside firm finding he “mishandled” funds and “interfered” with operations of the parish after he was relieved of his leadership post, the announcement said.