THE removal of a popular Roman Catholic
\npriest who church officials
\nsaid used money from his parish in White Plains to feed a gambling
\nhabit came as a surprise to many parishioners when they learned about
\nit last week.<\/p>\n
The Rev. Patrick Dunne, who had been pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows
\nChurch since 1991, is undergoing counseling for addiction in a
\nrehabilitation center, church officials said.<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
MAHA, Neb. \ufffd A Roman Catholic nun
\naccused of stealing from the Omaha Archdiocese and gambling much of the
\nmoney away has pleaded guilty to theft.<\/p>\n
An attorney says Sister Barbara Markey pleaded Monday to theft of more
\nthan $1,500. Defense attorney J. William Gallup says she also agreed to
\npay $125,000 in restitution.
\nTools<\/p>\n
Markey faces up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced in July.<\/p>\n
Markey is an internationally known speaker. She was fired in 2006 as
\ndirector of the archdiocese’s family life office after an audit found
\nirregularities.<\/p>\n
The audit found that Markey spent $307,545 for her own use or without
\ndocumentation. Prosecutors say Markey used the money to cover gambling
\nforays, gifts and trips.<\/p>\n
Proof that it is not a good idea to take THE removal of a popular Roman Catholic priest who church officials said used money from his parish in White Plains to feed a gambling habit came as a surprise to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nas a confirmation name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"