A 22-year-old security guard has alleged that a prominent New York City Catholic priest was watching gay porn on an office computer in the church rectory before he then forced himself on her and sexually assaulted her.
Father George William Rutler, a contributor for the Catholic media conglomerate Eternal Word Television Network, has denied the allegations. “I strongly deny this allegation, which I maintain is incoherent and painful to my reputation and inconsistent with how I have conducted myself in 50 years of ministerial service without any -accusation of misbehavior,” the 75-year-old wrote in a letter to parishioners on November 20.