Priest Guilty of Looting Parish for Luxury Items
A Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty to grand larceny for financing a lavish lifestyle of vacations, country clubs and fancy clothes with more than $800,000 looted from his parish.
Attorneys for Msgr. John Woolsey, pastor of the Church of St. John the Martyr in New York, entered the plea as part of a deal in which the judge promised him a minimum sentence of one year in prison and a maximum of five years.
Woolsey, 68, told the court that although he believed he was entitled to spend some money at his discretion, he acknowledged spending an amount that exceeded what was legal.
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