Late New York City Priest Left Millions To Biological Son

The New York Times reports:

Louis R. Gigante was always larger-than-life. A Roman Catholic priest, the son of Italian immigrants and brother of New York mobsters, Father Gigante swaggered through the crime-ridden and crumbling South Bronx with a baseball bat and a development company that built thousands of apartments for the poor.

But it turns out even the legend could not live up to the true scope of Father Gigante’s full life. After he died in October, his will revealed two more startling facts: He was a multimillionaire. And he left nearly all his fortune to a single beneficiary — his 32-year-old son.

Read the full article. The priest’s brother was infamous mobster Vicente “The Chin” Gigante. According to the linked article, the New York Archdiocese “looked the other way” about the priest’s son. Last year the now-late priest was sued for sexual abuse under New York’s Child Victims Act. The cases were still pending upon his death.

Geez. I must have joined the wrong outfit!

One Final Twist in the Rev. Louis Gigante’s Colorful Life: A Son
Father Gigante, a towering figure in the Bronx, left a $7 million fortune entirely to the son he had while he was a priest. https://t.co/6LzFtdcoNw

— Father Edward Beck (@FrEdwardBeck) December 26, 2022