The general secretary to the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops resigned on Tuesday after conservative Catholic news site, The Pillar, informed it of data they had acquired revealing that the high-ranking priest was a frequent user of Grindr and visited gay bars.According to The Pillar, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill reportedly frequented gay bars and bathhouses between 2018 and 2020.
The report, that many called unethical, has highlighted the lack of stringent data privacy laws in the United StatesThe Pillar claims to have accessed the data legally through a vendor selling anonymized data that Grindr sold in accordance with its terms of service.
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