Philip A. Guarino (died November 10, 1993) was an American former Roman Catholic priest[1] and restaurateur who was active in Republican Party politics for many years.
In all he met or served four US Presidents on Italian-American or Republican committees: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
[2] In 1988, the Washington Jewish Week published an article suggesting that several members of George H. W. Bush's "ethnic coalition", including Philip Guarino, had ties to various anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi and fascist groups.
P2 members Gelli and the head of the secret service Pietro Musumeci were condemned for attempting to mislead the police investigation of the Bologna massacre on 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200.
Allegations of surreptitious international relationships, and with some people suspected of affiliation with the American Central Intelligence Agency were also partly confirmed.