Broadsheet: "He was very remorseful"

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Sunday, October 01, 2006

"He was very remorseful"

That was the answer given by a detective after he arrested one of two priests on charges of grand theft. This one defies belief. Two priests in FL are charged with embezzling more than $8.6 million from the collections plates.

In a bold scheme carried out over decades, two respected priests are accused of stealing more than $8.6 million in cash from the collection plates at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church to bankroll lavish secret lives that included steady girlfriends, investments in property in Florida and Ireland and gambling junkets to casinos in Las Vegas and the Bahamas.

posted by Broadsheet @ 11:14 AM