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Yesterday a Catholic new site called the Pillar published a story which resulted in the resignation of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, the General Secretary of the US Conference of Bishops. Here’s what the Pillar reported:
A priest of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, he began to work at the bishops’ conference as associate general secretary in February 2016. In that capacity, the priest was charged with helping to coordinate the U.S. bishops’ response to the Church’s 2018 sexual abuse and coercion scandals.
But an analysis of app data signals correlated to Burrill’s mobile device shows the priest also visited gay bars and private residences while using a location-based hookup app in numerous cities from 2018 to 2020, even while traveling on assignment for the U.S. bishops’ conference.
U S Catholic official resigns over improper behaviour claim
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David Crary July 20, 2021 - 3:44 PM
NEW YORK (AP) â Citing allegations of âpossible improper behavior,â the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday announced the resignation of its top administrative official, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, ahead of a media report that probed his private romantic life.
Shortly after the announcement, the Roman Catholic news outlet The Pillar published its article based on data it said was âcorrelated to Burrillâs mobile deviceâ and indicated he had visited gay bars and private residences using a dating app popular with gay people.
The Pillar alleged âserial sexual misconductâ by Burrill â homosexual activity is considered sinful under Catholic doctrine, and priests are expected to remain celibate.
General Secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops resigns after admitting using gay dating app Grindr and visiting gay bars
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill resigned as General Security of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, after reports of alleged possible improper behavior
The announcement came from a July 20 memo made by Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles to the bishops of the United States
A day later, The Pillar reported it had obtained information based on the data Grindr collects from its users, and hired an independent firm to analyze it
App data correlated to Burrill s phone reveals the priest frequented gay bars, even while traveling on assignment for the USCCB, The pillar claims