NEW YORK
New York Post
By DAN MANGAN
August 10, 2005 -- A Westchester man has accused the rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral with having an affair with his wife, who has worked as the clergyman's longtime personal secretary, The Post has learned.
Philip DeFilippo says his wife, Laura DeFilippo, and the rector, Eugene Clark, have spent many weekends together at the cleric's Amagansett, L.I., home and exposed his 14-year-old daughter to their romantic relationship.
DeFilippo has sued his wife for divorce in Westchester Family Court and has produced photos that show Clark, 79, and Laura DeFilippo, 46, entering a Hamptons motel together, then leaving together a few hours later.
Time stamps on the photos, obtained by The Post, indicate they were taken July 21, with Clark and DeFilippo going into the motel at about 1:30 p.m. and leaving at about 7:03 p.m.
By the time the pair had left, the priest had changed his shirt.
Clark is the former rector of the Church of the Annunciation in the Westchester community of Crestwood — where he married the couple 20 years ago.
His boss, Edward Cardinal Egan, was told Monday night about the photos.