Usher Caught Stealing from Collection Basket, Not Unusual

Richard D. Sonia. long time usher at Corpus Christi Church in Newton Massachusetts, was caught stealing money from the churches collection baskets.

"They had him on film stuffing money in his pockets and in his socks," Newton police spokesman James O'Loughlin said. "It was kind of funny."

According to a survey of 177 Catholic dioceses conducted by the Villanova School of Business in 2006, such thefts are not unusual. Eighty-five percent of the dioceses surveyed had experienced a theft in the previous five years.

Catholic Deacon Faces Multiple Sexual Abuse Charges

Dan Paul Stallings, a former Catholic deacon, was charged on Tuesday with child sexual abuse and released on $20,000 bond. He was already facing charges of sexually abusing an underage female relative in the 1960's and 70's.

Police say Dan Paul Stallings was charged Tuesday with child sexual abuse after a second victim came forward alleging that she was abused in 1998 after an event at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Silver Spring. Police say the victim was 15 or 16 years old.

Catholic Prep School Teacher Admits to Sexual Assault of Students

Richard Ali, a biology teacher at Cathedral High School, a Catholic prep school in Queens, New York admitted on Thursday to sexually assaulting five students.

Ali, who also was a soccer coach at the school, raped and molested the students, sometimes repeatedly, between April 2005 and January 2007 after school hours in his car near a Queens high school and at a movie theater, Brown's office said.

Catholic Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

Matthew S. Persichetti, graduate of Merrimack College who volunteered at a Mexican orphanage as part of a program organized by the college's Campus Ministry was charged on Wednesday of possession of child pornography. Merrimack College is a Catholic college in North Andover, Massachusetts,

During analysis of the computer, investigators also allegedly discovered a text document that is part of an ongoing investigation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement New England Field Office.

"The story describes in detail a sexual encounter that 'the author' experienced with an eight year-old orphan while volunteering at an orphanage in Mexico," ICE agent Eric LaForte said in court papers filed Wednesday.

Catholic Basketball Coach Registers as Sex Offender

William "Buck" Lanham, former basketball coach for Orlando Christian Prep and Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando, Florida was found guilty on Tuesday of having sexual activity with a child and ordered to register as a sex offender.

Lanham, 48, also must wear an electronic monitor for two years as part of sex offender community control. That follows 15 years of supervised probation. He has to hold a full-time job but cannot be around children under the age of 18 without supervision, according to court records.

Former Vatican Official to Plead Guilty on Sexual Assault Charges

Bernard Prince, retired priest and former Vatican official, is expected to plead guilty on at least 2 charges of inappropriate behavior with teenage boys in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Msgr. Prince intends to plead guilty in at least two cases involving men who on Tuesday provided the court with similar-fact evidence that the now 72-year-old former priest fondled or engaged in other inappropriate sexual behaviour with them when they were teens.

Catholic Priest Arrested, Charged with Perjury

Rev. Joseph F. Sica of Scranton Pennsylvania was arrested today and charged with lying to a grand jury about his relationship with organized crime figures.

Catholic Drug Dealer Shot

From the Belfast Telegraph today...

The coroner is set to hear how a Catholic drug dealer was gunned down by a loyalist gang after being lured to north Belfast with the promise of a cocaine deal.

Did they really just say "Catholic drug dealer?" Yes, they did and it doesn't appear to be a mistake.

The actual shooting occurred way back in 2001, but the text of the article just kills me. They describe the shooting as a "horrific murder" by "heartless thugs" of a "34-year-old dad-of-two", like he was some kind of saint spreading god's word, not distributing cocaine. I guess if in some future re-mistranslation of the bible, "god's word" becomes "methamphetamines" then this guy might actually become a saint. However, until that happens, he was a low-life drug dealer, destroying people's lives for his own personal selfish gain, period.

Disclaimer: GodMocker does not in any way endorse murder of anyone, regardless their faults. If you know of a Catholic drug dealer (or any drug dealer for that matter), take the moral high road and report your information to the appropriate authorities and let the legal system handle it. If the legal system refuses or fails, use the press.

Catholic Charged with Illegal Gambling

Mark Courtney, director of St. Paul Catholic Athletic Association, was charged on Thursday with illegal bookmaking on professional sports teams. He was convicted of a similar gambling charge in 1995.

Pastor Scheduled to Report to Prison in April

Michael Jude Fay, a former pastor of St. John Roman Catholic Church in Connecticut was given a delay until April 2nd to begin his 37 month prison sentence due to health conditions. He was convicted on Dec 4th for stealing parishioners’ money.

Franciscan School President charged with Sexual Abuse

Former Archbishop Ryan High School Persident charged with sexual abuse of at least three students. He also stole hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Catholic Priest convicted of Embezzlement, Business Partner convicted of Murder

A Catholic Priest was convicted of embezzlement in Costa Rica, and his business partner was convicted of murdering a journalist who denounced fraud at the priests private religious radio station.

Former Catholic Church Employee Charged with Embezzlement

A former secretary of the St. Dunstan Catholic Church in Garden Cit, Michigan has been charged with embezzling more than $100,000 of church funds. It also sounds like there might be more news to come regarding a former pastor of the same church with a gambling habit.

HIV Positive Chaplin admits to Forcible Sodomy

A HIV Positive Roman Catholic Navy Chaplin plead guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison for having sex with an Air Force Officer without disclosing his HIV status, and forcing himself on a midshipmen in the Naval Academy.