Father George Rutler, a well -known Catholic priest and in New York City, has been charged with sexual assault of a female security guard. According to reports, Rutler attacked the woman after she filmed him watching a gay adult film.
The incident happened November 4. The National Catholic Reporter reports that Ashley Gonzalez, a 22-year-old security guard at St. Michael the Archangel Church, walked in on Rutler, 75, watching a video of two men performing oral sex on one another. Gonzalez whipped out her cell phone and began filming the incident. At that point, Gonzalez claims Rutler noticed her in the room and began to make sexual overtures to her.
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âHe looked at me with a smile, looked away, and he put his hand inside his pants, and he was playing with himself,â Gonzalez told Bronx News 12. âHe aggressively threw himself on me and grabbed me sexually, aggressively, and I was fighting him off of me.â
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Gonzalez managed to escape and alerted her mother and filed a police report about the incident immediately thereafter.
Fr. Rutler has stepped aside from his duties at St. Michaelâs in the wake of the allegations. He also denies any wrongdoing.
âI strongly deny this allegation, which I maintain is incoherent and painful to my reputation and inconsistent with how I have conducted myself in fifty years of ministerial service without any accusation of misbehavior,â Rutler said in a statement.
The accusations of Rutler viewing gay pornography are of particular note given his long history of opposing LGBTQ rights. As a host on the faith-based Eternal Word Television Network, Rutler has criticized Pope Francis for his calls for embracing the queer community, blamed societal woes on âabortionists and sodomites,â and called gender equality âa homosexual vision of culture.â In addition, Rutler partnered with white supremacist and former Trump advisor Steve Banon to dedicate a shrine to persecuted Christians in 2017.
Cam
These bigots are so messed up in their heads that this guy actually thought attempting to rape a woman was somehow better than being exposed as a closet case.
Bigoted organizations like the Mormon Church, Catholic church, etc… have so much rot on the inside.
GayEGO
Another priest caught with his closeted interest in gays tries to act like a bi-sexual but fails, he must be a Trumpster!
Ginger Tom
It’s sad when it comes to this but it’s even sadder that he has a long history of anti LGBTQ comments. He will have created needless worry, anxiety, fear and sadness in so many people down the years and we are seeing yet more hypocrisy from what are now increasingly expected sources. It may get to the stage where we don’t expect anything good from these people. I, for one, am thankful that I was never born into a devout Catholic family. What is meant to be a religion seems like a curse.
Lightbulb
Just add him to the list of priests and scout leaders…pretty soon they can have their own state with NO KIDS!
Doug
Yet another Catholic priest closet case. I guess when he got caught he went ballistic trying to prove to her he was really straight, lol!
Openminded
Sounds pretty damning on his part. My question is, where’s the video?
SPEEDOSWIMMER
Well, at least he wasn’t watching gay felching video…
wikidBSTN
Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. Just look at that creep.
Kangol2
He sounds like a perfect right-wing DL play pig pal for that Hungarian right-wing DL pol JĂłszef SzĂĄjer, who was busted in Belgium. He’ll regret assaulting and trying to rape that young woman, though!
Consider This
He was merely doing intensive research on the subject đ
Pii
for his thesis or for technique?
kevininbuffalo
Has Rutler been charged or accused? The article says he was charged but it should say he’s been accused by the victim. I haven’t heard he’s been formally charged with a crime by the authorities. It’s being investigated by the NYPD. Having said that it won’t surprise me if he did it.
Cam
The article says that she filed a police report.
MOE-X
Wondering which diocese the church will transfer him to without him having to pay for his crimes.
bluewindboy
Astana, Kazakhstan or Minsk, Byelorussia are the most likely possibilities.
Rock-N-RollHS
He was watching gay porn and then she claims he sexually assaulted her. Please. Security Biatch is lying. Priests should be able to watch gay porn too! Lol