Nino Cavoto a Toronto Priest accused of sexual predation from time in New York!

There is some very sad news to report from Toronto.

Nino Cavoto, the Pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows of the Holy Moly Doors and former Salesian priest in the Archdiocese of New York has been removed from ministry. The Archdiocese of Toronto received information that allegations have been in New York that Cavoto sexually abused a minor whilst there between 1979 and 1983. Cavoto is, of course, entitled to his defense and due process. There is no indication, at this point, that Cavoto engaged in any abusive behaviour with a minor in Toronto. 

Some time after Summorum Pontificum a rather nasty comment was made in the church bulletin there about it. It was sent to me and I wrote a post on it. Nino didn't appreciate it and would have known where I was involved in church music at the time. He clearly applied some pressure and I was "asked" to remove the post. Nino made controversy when he removed the original crucifix which was preserved on the reredos for a rather beautiful but unnecessary icon of Christ Pantocrator. Its not as if colour or mosaic were lacking in the church. An action that upset the artistic symmetry of the original design. He went further when the beautiful oak doors were replaced by a bronze monstrosity at over $400,000,00 with an engraved spelling mistake. Why are these important? Because of the narcissisms they reveal. 

It is interesting that the accusations should come forty years later. It reveals that it often takes this long for a victim to deal with the crimes but also reflects the changes in statutes of limitation. 

Where there is smoke, there is not always incense, sometimes it is fire. The Toronto "A-Team" just lost one of their own. 

All of this is so very, very sad. For the victims of these "alleged" perverts and the affect on evangelisation and the beautiful truth of the Catholic faith so destroyed by the infiltration of those who came in to use their power for their own selfish and demonic desires.