Manhattan Escorts: Priest Charged In $1.3 Million Theft To Finance Lifestyle, Male Escorts
Officials say the former priest disgruntled over the Catholic church’s treatment towards homosexuals stole $1.3 million over the course of seven years. He’s reported to have spend the cash from church coffers on designer clothes, luxury Manhattan hotels, restaurants and even went so far as to pay Harvard tuition classes for a man he met in Central Park.
Waterbury police Capt. Christopher Corbett read the items parishioners donations paid for and it read like the purchases of a mogul. The 64-year-old stayed at the W Hotel and the Waldorf-Astoria, ate at Tavern on the Green and bought Armani and Brooks Brothers suits, cell phones and laptops.
Court documents also reveal a secret deal Gray allegedly arranged with a cell phone provider that allowed a California company to lease space inside Sacred Heart’s steeple. That deal alone, netted Gray and additional $200,000, which he didn’t disclose to the Archdiocese of Hartford.
In addition to spending lavishly on himself he opened credit card accounts for two men he met. One he met at a male strip club and another via a male escort service.