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NYC Priest Punished for Letting Pop Star Film in Church

ALTARED STATE

The diocese of Brooklyn said it was “appalled” by the video.

Sabrina Carpenter
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A Brooklyn priest has been stripped of his administrative duties for allowing pop star Sabrina Carpenter to film a music video inside his Catholic church. Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello has apologized and a bishop has performed a special rite since the former Disney actress pranced up to the coffin-lined altar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish in a short black dress and veil. As the YouTube video was viewed millions of times, the diocese of Brooklyn issued a statement that said it was “appalled at what was filmed.”

Read it at The New York Times