Eugene V. Clark
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Eugene V. Clark is a Catholic
priest
of the Archdiocese of New York and appointed Monsignor
.
He resigned on August 11, 2005 as rector
of St. Patrick's Cathedral
in response to allegations of adultery
with his secretary
Laura DiFillpo. He denied the allegations. DiFillipo's husband is seeking to divorce
her and made video and photographs he collected widely available to news media.
Clark had previously been a high school teacher at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, New York. In 1999 and 2000 he taped for the Catholic Eternal Word Television Network
a series of programs titled Relationships which made Clark better known outside of the Archdiocese of New York. At the time the scandal became public, EWTN stopped airing the reruns.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
of the Archdiocese of New York and appointed Monsignor
Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
.
He resigned on August 11, 2005 as rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of St. Patrick's Cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
The Cathedral of St. Patrick is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States...
in response to allegations of adultery
Adultery
Adultery is sexual infidelity to one's spouse, and is a form of extramarital sex. It originally referred only to sex between a woman who was married and a person other than her spouse. Even in cases of separation from one's spouse, an extramarital affair is still considered adultery.Adultery is...
with his secretary
Secretary
A secretary, or administrative assistant, is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication & organizational skills. These functions may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit...
Laura DiFillpo. He denied the allegations. DiFillipo's husband is seeking to divorce
Divorce
Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
her and made video and photographs he collected widely available to news media.
Clark had previously been a high school teacher at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, New York. In 1999 and 2000 he taped for the Catholic Eternal Word Television Network
Eternal Word Television Network
The Eternal Word Television Network is an American cable television network which presents Catholic-themed programming. It was founded in 1980 by Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA...
a series of programs titled Relationships which made Clark better known outside of the Archdiocese of New York. At the time the scandal became public, EWTN stopped airing the reruns.