The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced Tuesday the resignation of its top administrator for “possible improper behavior” after an outlet linked Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill’s phone activity to gay bars and the gay dating app Grindr.
A USCCB spokesperson, Chieko Noguchi, said it would stop the revelations “becoming a distraction to the operations and ongoing work of the Conference”, after allegations of “improper behavior” by the Catholic official, who had his phone data reported by The Pillar, a Catholic newsletter.
The newsletter wrote on Tuesday that Burrill had been on Grindr on an almost “daily basis during parts of 2018, 2019, and 2020”, despite taking a vow of celibacy.