After church officials said an inquiry found more examples of poor management, the leader of a church in New York City where pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter shot explicit scenes for a music video was fired on Monday.
In a statement released by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, Bishop Robert Brennan announced that Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello had been stripped of “any pastoral oversight or governance role” at his church in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
According to Brennan, an inquiry was started when the video showed that Gigantiello sent money to a former top staffer in the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams without authorization. The investigation is being conducted on corruption-related allegations.
