these must the be US equivalents of godmen kottoor, puthrakkayil, godmen seffi (all of abhaya murder fame) and of the vampire of cochin (godman thattunkal of "i have been getting 'spiritual nourishment' out of this 25-year-old woman whose blood, incidentally, i sprinkled all over my palace" fame).
these buggers are perverts everywhere.
these particular guys (one is even a 'monsignor') are imported irish godmen. i am sure the imported indian godmen/women are doing the same kind of stuff, except they usually have only the menial tasks like cooking and cleaning in white people's churches, so they can't embezzle quite as much. also, many of the indian godmen who get visas to the west as godmen soon "lose their calling" and start running gas stations. must be more lucrative than being servants in the church.
see how the church took care of the irish guys and got them out of the us? this is what the godmen in kerala are trying to with the connivance of hema the corrupt judge: they got bail for fornicator-murderers kottoor, puthrukkayil and seffi, over the concerns of the CBI that they would be spirited out of the country so that they couldn't be tried.
From: Ravi
| Page last updated at 14:33 GMT, Thursday, 22 January 2009 |
US priests 'in $800,000 theft' | |||
Two Roman Catholic priests have been accused of stealing $800,000 from the collection plate of their church in the US state of Florida. They allegedly planned to spend the money on property, holidays, gambling and to meet the expenses of mistresses. One of the priests, Fr John Skelan has admitted the charges, but his colleague Fr Francis Guinan denies them. US law - the statute of limitations - prevents the priests being charged with thefts that occurred before 2001. But the auditors say that up to $8m might have disappeared over a period of 20 years. It could be the biggest embezzlement case to affect the Catholic Church in the United States. One of the priests - Fr John Skehan - abandoned his not-guilty plea just before his trial began, and admitted stealing $800,000 given by parishioners at St Vincent Ferrer Church in West Palm Beach. The priests allegedly hid the money in the church ceiling and opened offshore accounts. Fr Skehan - who is 81 and has been given the honorific title "Monsignor" - served at the church for 40 years. He admitted spending stolen money on expensive houses and gambling in Las Vegas. Police reports claimed that he used more than $100,000 to pay the expenses of an alleged lover, and almost $300,000 on rare coins. 'Well-supported' Fr Skehan's colleague at St Vincent Ferrer Church, Fr Francis Guinan, has been accused of using his share of the embezzled money to support a mistress and take her on expensive holidays. The authorities claim Fr Guinan had an "intimate" relationship with a former church book-keeper and spent much of the money on her.
Fr Guinan - who is 66 - denies the charges and will go on trial next month. Fr Guinan's lawyer, Richard Barlow, said "just because both priests worked at the same church and one pleads guilty, it doesn't mean my guy is guilty". The lawyer acting for Fr Skehan, Scott Richardson, said "Fr Skehan accepted responsibility for his actions by virtue of his guilty plea", adding, "he has the support of many people, many of whom will speak on his behalf". He could be sent to jail for as long as 31 years. Bother priests were originally from Ireland. Fr Skehan comes from Johnstown in County Kilkenny and Fr Guinan from Birr in County Offaly. Fr Skehan was arrested at Palm Beach International Airport in September 2006 on his return from Ireland. Both the priests left the United States after the Church received a tip-off in a letter, and began an investigation into the accounts at St Vincent's, and what they called "alleged improprieties". | |||
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There was the story of a Mallu Bishop's being stabbed to death by a junior priest after an altercation about sharing of foreign donations, somewhere in North India?
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