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NYC priest who allowed Sabrina Carpenter to shoot a music video in church stripped of duties

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Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello has been stripped of his duties at a Brooklyn church.

Church officials said they were appalled he permitted Carpenter to film the provocative video last year .

Bishop Robert Brennan says he also relieved a deacon who had been appointed as a temporary administrator.

He said the deacon used racist and other offensive language during private conversations in the parish office.