An article about how a priest was discovered using gay apps. The priest’s data has been obtained from commercially available databases.

In 2021, Jeffrey Burrill, an American Catholic priest and general secretary of the American Bishops’ Conference, resigned from his position in the church. Reason? Catholic media outlet The Pillar published information that the priest violated the commandment of celibacy, as he allegedly used gay apps on his phone and visited gay bars and bathhouses. But how did the media actually get the information with which it compromised the priest? Well, this is where the story just begins.
The priest’s data …

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