Disgraced “sex slave” priest Peter Miqueli — accused of embezzling $1 million from his Bronx parish to pay for kinky sessions with his S&M “master” — was found dead at his New Jersey home Thursday, police confirmed to The Post.
Brick Township police said Miqueli, 57, died at his home there but declined to provide further detail, saying the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office is handling the case. Miqueli resigned as pastor of St. Frances de Chantal parish in Throggs Neck in 2015 amid allegations that he swiped the cash to fund his $1,000-a-pop S&M sessions with his beefcake “master” Keith Crist.
The sordid accusations were made in a civil lawsuit brought by parishioners, who also claimed Crist would “force Father Maqueli to drink Keith Crist’s urine.”
They claimed Miqueli blew $60,000 of the stolen funds on “illicit and prescription drugs.”
He also allegedly used the cash to buy his $264,000 home in Brick and to pay rent on his “master’s” East Harlem apartment.
No one answered the door to Miqueli’s white ranch-style abode, which had a statue of Mary on the porch and a cross haphazardly taped to the door. Miqueli’s brother, Joseph, said he didn’t know the circumstances behind the former priest’s death.
“I don’t know what happened to my brother. They won’t even tell me where they found him, how they found him,” he said.
The two brothers — who are among 12 siblings — hadn’t spoken in years. But Joseph always texted him on Peter’s birthday, July 7. “No matter what he did, he was still my brother and I still love him,” Joseph said.
When reached by phone, Crist only said “I can’t even speak right now” and hung up.
At the time, the Archdiocese of New York said that it hadn’t substantiated any allegations that Miqueli stole church funds, and turned over its findings to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.
In 2017, Bronx prosecutors said their investigation found that Miqueli swiped more than $22,450 from the St. Frances de Chantal Church — which was reimbursed by the archdiocese.
No criminal charges were filed.
The status of the 2015 lawsuit is unclear — online records show no filings other than the original complaint.
The Ocean County medical examiner couldn’t be reached.
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office referred questions to local police.
Credit: NY Post
Lisa Sala-Wicinski
Bro
What in Tarnation did I just read!?!?
Mae Belle exactly!
Mae Belle I am asking the same question!
WTF
I was expecting a fireworks, A Karen, an overdose, or a fight in seaside Post from Ocean county scanner news. Not this
Matthew T Ford dude. It’s 2020. How could you not expect this?
Eric Thompson right
The murder hornets are so last month
What! How was he living here and nobody knew!!
Kori Ward Jesus fucking christ
Must of drank some bad piss
I feel like this is a story out of Law & order SVU
Woah…very creepy…
But yeah keep sending prayers and giving money to the religious institutions ????
Patrick Brennan but yeah.because they’re all run by this one sick perv ????????????♀️
Shea – more prominent than you think in the church.
Shea Graham When the head of the religion in Rome shuffles pedophile priests around to cover up child sexual abuse yeah, it’s alot more than 1 guy.
Patrick Brennan again…that doesn’t blanket every “church” on earth
Roberta Staples Cartwright I’m well aware of how prominent it is.it still doesn’t go for every single sect of religion.
Shea – I don’t believe that at all. Let’s just leave it to we agree to disagree.
Michael Sardella I have no words for this one
Denise Del Mauro Galayda
Denise Del Mauro Galayda
Denise Del Mauro Galayda these are just a few of my reactions
Michael Sardella same as mine..haha
Wtfudge????????
Eewwwww
Thank you. I almost threw up in my own mouth!
Misty Dakota id hope only in your own lol
Joseph Todaro Spoken like a true smart ass! Well done!
Misty Dakota sorry
Joseph Todaro Seriously? Unlike a large portion of the population, I have a sense of humor!
Misty Dakota lol , between urine and puke it put me in that bad place for moment.
Sweet Monte, by the way!
What in the hell?
Eileen McGee this literally sounds like an episode of Law and Order SVU
Elizabeth Shearin crazy TV ripped from crazy real life headlines ????????
Wolves in sheep clothes.
WTF !!!!
Wtf
Lisa Fraraccio-Marotta ya can’t make this shit up ????????????????
Kimberly Stein-Pereira wow that is for sure lmao
Nasty
Da Fuq?!?!?!?!?
Is this soMe sort of a joke? Wtf and where did he live in Brick
Wendy Lee Mitchell Sadly not a joke and reportedly lived in the Lake Riviera Section of Brick
Ocean County Scanner News omg that’s insane. Sounds so not true. But nothing phases me anymore. What a freak
Eug Enne Stephanie Clark Why is this the first i’m hearing of this priest?! lmao this is great content
Samantha Harms ????
Kathy Lee
Kayla Renee Nilsen and SVU episode
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Nicholas Muller one of my favorites (SVU) did an episode based off this. We didn’t even know we lived near a “celebrity” ????????
WHAT in the fuck fuck did I just read?????? ????
HUH???????
Renata Picioccio
Twisted mister
Wow…just wow. Maybe he died of Acute Urine poisoning???????? Freaks in this world.
I guess it’s better than being with a child. ????????♀️
Caitlin Farley ????
Adil Roomi and Ed Wrobel just as someone was suddenly leaving town ??? Charles Mark Middleton ????????????
that was a lot to digest and still ??? lol
Lisa Ann
What the????