Taking the Fifth » Catholic Church http://takingthefifth-acriminallawblog.com –A Criminal Law Blog Fri, 18 May 2012 23:30:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 WHO CAN YOU TRUST NOW? http://takingthefifth-acriminallawblog.com/2009/03/27/who-can-you-trust-now/ http://takingthefifth-acriminallawblog.com/2009/03/27/who-can-you-trust-now/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:22 +0000 zshapiro http://takingthefifth-acriminallawblog.com/?p=789 Two priests stole over $8,000,000 from the collection plate and bequests at the Saint Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach, Florida. Much of the money stolen was beyond the statute of limitations. However both priests who were from Ireland were convicted and sent to prison.

John Skehan, 81 received 18 months in prison and seven yearrs probation after pleading guilty to stealing over $100,000. Francis Guinan, 66 was sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty at trial of stealing under $100,000. Judge Krista Marx said he exhibited “unmitigated greed and unmitigated gall..”

Some of the money was used for gambling trips to Las Vegas and the Bahamas. Skehan owns a cottage and a pub in Ireland as well as a condominium on Singer Island Florida.

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