California restaurant had fake priest hear workers’ confessions, Labor Department says

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Denver, Colo., Jun 16, 2023 / 14:21 pm

A California restaurant had an individual impersonate a priest to encourage employees to confess their “sins” against their employer, but the man has no links with the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, a diocese spokesman said.

“Our own investigation found no evidence of any connection between the Diocese of Sacramento and the alleged priest in this matter,” Bryan J. Visitacion, director of media and communications for the Diocese of Sacramento, told CNA on Friday. “While we don’t know who the person in question was, we are completely confident he was not a priest of the Diocese of Sacramento.”

The U.S. Department of Labor on June 12 said the use of the supposed priest was “among the most shameless” of corrupt actions employers have used against employees.

The situation concerns the company Che Garibaldi Inc., which operates two Taqueria Garibaldi restaurants in Sacramento and one in Roseville. The company and its owners and operators have agreed to a federal settlement after allegations of various labor law violations.

percy_faucet on June 19th, 2023 at 01:29 UTC »

Owner of restaurant is total asshole, and fraud. On the other hand, I for one would would never, ever, in a million years go to some confession that was in any way associated with work.

Ps. Also, I’m an atheist so…. There’s that too. But even if I was a catholic, he’ll no!

epidemicsaints on June 19th, 2023 at 00:32 UTC »

This is like cheesy sketch comedy wtf. Like when they were interrogating Ms. Swan and she kept saying "He look like a man" over and over, that is what I am picturing.

UsedToBsmart on June 19th, 2023 at 00:22 UTC »

“The situation concerns the company Che Garibaldi Inc., which operates two Taqueria Garibaldi restaurants in Sacramento and one in Roseville.”

Hopefully the locals will take this matter into their own hands and gets these places shut down. This owner doesn’t deserve a business.