Holy cow!
The recently demoted Brooklyn pastor whose church finances are under federal investigation has a large bank account worth more than $2 million, including a home in the Hamptons and a waterfront property in Florida, a review of records by the Post revealed.
Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, who was removed from his pastoral duties at Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary last week even spent $2,000 a week on the island of St Martin on Facebook in October, the investigation found. .
Although there is no evidence of wrongful foreclosure or closure of the estate, the feds’ investigation of Our Lady of Carmel’s funds and Gigantiello’s assets has been investigated after the Diocese of Brooklyn demoted it due to questionable loans. suspicion to the associated city attorney. .
“Monsignor Jamie is definitely an employee, but he’s a good person,” said one law enforcement official. “He collects a lot of money for the church, and he knows how to get money. [Yet,] I can’t see him being involved in anything illegal.
“He looks like a wheeler-dealer. There,” the source said. “But there’s always a side. He obviously has ties to the NYPD but he’s always trying to do the right thing.”
His Long Island spread in Southampton, which Gigantiello bought in 2021 for $605,000 with his co-owners and a fellow Brooklyn pastor, is now worth more than $700,000, according to the records.
Sources said the building has hosted parties for locals in the past, including NYPD brass.
Gigantiello’s Pompano Beach home, which he bought in 2009 for $417,000, now has a market value of more than $1.4 million, records show.
The well-known and well-connected pastor, who has not been charged with any crime by the feds, did not return calls and declined to comment when he went outside the church on Sunday.
The Long Island homeowner, who The Post did not identify, did not return calls while a representative for the diocese declined to comment, citing an investigation by the feds and the diocese.
Gigantiello, who is well-known among the Big Apple’s power brokers, is a well-known fundraiser for causes in need and is a supporter of the NYPD and some local charities. good luck.
Pastor is also a beautiful person who has written a cookbook and has her own line of Italian food.
He first came under fire last year when he allowed pop diva Sabrina Carpenter to make a sexy video inside the 160-year-old church, which led to the diocese removing him from administrative duties.
In September, sources revealed that the feds sent a subpoena seeking Our Lady of Carmel’s financial records, including its relationship with attorney Frank Carone, former chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams.
Then, last week, the diocese announced it was removing Gigantiello from his pastoral duties at the Brooklyn parish, citing $1.9 million in loans from Carone’s office in 2019 and 2021.
In a statement, Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan said Gigantiello “did not inform diocesan officials or seek the required approval” for the transfer of church funds to the agency.
Brennan also pointed to the decision to allow Carpenter’s horror film to be played in the church.
Despite the controversy, the parishioners of Our Lady of Carmel stood by their pastor.
“Monsignor Jamie has done nothing but good for this parish, and he’s done nothing but good for every parish he’s been with,” parishioner Joseph Peluso told The Post on Sunday.
“He made every parish he was in better, not worse,” Peluso said. He never took money, never pocketed money, although that’s what they were trying to say. It didn’t happen. In fact, when he came here, there was $1.9 million between these two parishes.”
Supporters said Gigantiello raised money for improvements to his church, while sources said the monsignor was active in fundraising and charity events for people in the city.
“I’ve been here for about 100 years — my grandparents went here when they came from Italy,” said Mount Carmel faithful Joseph Ciuffo. “Monsignor Jamie has baptized my children. Yes, OK, marry them. He was there when my mother was dying. He did nothing but good things here.
“He has preached to the neighborhood, the parish, which is part of what he was sent to do.”
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