One of the most influential officials who supported the Patriarchate of Constantinople – New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo – found himself at the center of a sexual harassment scandal. He has already been called upon to resign by the well-known Nancy Pelosi and US President Joe Biden, blogger Alexander Voznesensky writes.

“This situation can have very unpleasant consequences for the Patriarchate of Constantinople – after all, it was Andrew Cuomo, accused of harassment, who spoke out in favor of supporting the project of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to build a church in honor of St. Nicholas. Tens of millions of dollars were invested in the construction of this temple, the same amount remains to be invested, and maybe more, but the American Archdiocese does not have the money to continue this project, which is why the construction had already stopped for several years, and the building in its current form only disfigures the city “, – the blogger writes.

Cuomo supported the construction of the temple and helped to complete it, but if Cuomo leaves, the question arises whether his successor will be just as loyal to Metropolitan Elpidophoros and the Patriarchate of Constantinople? “In case of refusal to help Bartholomew’s subordinates, they will face difficult years of financial crisis, which are already leading to the closure of some institutions of this Patriarchate in the United States,” the blogger writes.