N.Y. Priest Who Helped Raise Funds For Lady Gaga Non-Profit Accused Of Sexual Coercion

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Blessed Sacrament Parish, New York, N.Y. Credit: Jim Henderson/Wikimedia. public domainA New York priest who told a prospective seminarian to lie to Church officials about his sexuality has been removed from active ministry after allegations of coercive sexual misconduct.

“I write to share some unpleasant and somber news concerning Father John Duffell, your just retired parish administrator,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan wrote in a July 1 letter to parishioners of New York’s Blessed Sacrament Parish.  “Father Duffell has been directed not to publicly exercise his priestly ministry due to an allegation from the past that he abused his position of authority in a violation of his promise of celibacy.” Duffell was pictured in an Instagram photo with Lady Gaga in 2016.