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Priest stole $1m from church for male escorts....
MailOnline ^ | 28th April 2011

Posted on 04/29/2011 4:06:03 PM PDT by Gamecock

Full title: Priest stole $1m from church for male escorts.... and designer clothes… but won't have to pay it back and could serve again

A Catholic priest who stole more than $1 million in church money and spent it on male escorts, Armani clothes and nights out at gay bars has been jailed for three years.

But the priest from Connecticut could be allowed to continue serving as a priest after he has served his sentence, according to his former church.

Father Kevin Gray, 65, the former pastor of the Sacred Heart Parish, Waterbury, was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. He had entered a plea of no contest.

He had used the money to pay for a lavish lifestyle, which included owning a secret flat in New York, which he shared with a man who he paid to go to Harvard University.

Prosecutors said Gray will not have to pay back the money because the Diocese of Hartford did not ask for restitution.

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Jailed: Father Kevin Gray was sentenced to three years for stealing more than
$1 million in church money, which he spent on male escorts and designer clothes
1 posted on 04/29/2011 4:06:09 PM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock

Creep, send him to prison.


2 posted on 04/29/2011 4:07:23 PM PDT by svcw (Non forgiveness is like holding a hot coal thinking the other person will be blistered)
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To: Gamecock

and the catholic church wonders why the flock flees...because there are wolves in their midst.


3 posted on 04/29/2011 4:09:38 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Gamecock
Well Ladies and Gentlemen...
You are looking at the TRUE definition of an Atheist.
That is a real atheist.

That is a man who would spit in the eye of God. It doesn't get more atheist than that.

4 posted on 04/29/2011 4:11:04 PM PDT by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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To: Sacajaweau
Ummmmmm...the Church is growing.
5 posted on 04/29/2011 4:11:19 PM PDT by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; RnMomof7; Quix; Alex Murphy; metmom; Dr. Scarpetta
From the article: He had used the money to pay for a lavish lifestyle, which included owning a secret flat in New York, which he shared with a man who he paid to go to Harvard University.

This guy is a real Father Flanagan.

6 posted on 04/29/2011 4:12:32 PM PDT by Gamecock (I didn't reach the top of the food chain just to become a vegetarian.)
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To: Gamecock
Southern Baptist music minister charged with molesting 10-year-old

Spencer Bibbs employee, music minister accused of fondling student in classroom

7 posted on 04/29/2011 4:13:57 PM PDT by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
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To: 240B

I would say, he’s an agent of the devil sent to try to destroy the Church from within.


8 posted on 04/29/2011 4:15:01 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: verga
Southern Baptist music minister charged with molesting 10-year-old Spencer Bibbs employee, music minister accused of fondling student in classroom

http://www.pnj.com/article/20110421/NEWS01/104210320/1006/Teacher-charged-molesting-10-year-old-girl

forgot the link

9 posted on 04/29/2011 4:15:17 PM PDT by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
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To: Sacajaweau

the other priest will continue as a priest???


10 posted on 04/29/2011 4:15:56 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Where is the Great Santini NOW when we need him?)
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To: Gamecock

I’m starting to wonder whether the gay movement purposefully infiltrated the church in order to destroy it from within.


11 posted on 04/29/2011 4:17:16 PM PDT by Teflonic
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To: Gamecock

exactly the reason I left the church! Oh, and of course all those child molestations and all the cover ups that followed


12 posted on 04/29/2011 4:17:35 PM PDT by rjsclassics (bringing people together)
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To: Gamecock
Father Kevin Gray, 65,

Born during the post WW_II baby boom era, the beginning of a TV in every home era, and the abandonment of religious ethics era.

There was (and is) a lot to learn from that era. I'd call it hard way learning.

13 posted on 04/29/2011 4:22:48 PM PDT by OldNavyVet (One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years)
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To: starlifter; Sacajaweau
Ummmmmm...the Church is growing.

Oh really now?

The Hidden Exodus: Catholics becoming Protestants

14 posted on 04/29/2011 4:24:17 PM PDT by Gamecock (I didn't reach the top of the food chain just to become a vegetarian.)
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To: dfwgator
Well, it is one thing to be an Atheist and leave it alone.
That doesn't really bother me.

But, to come into the community of G-D, and then betray him...wow, better to just stay away from it. That is one brave guy.

As Dante himself would say...
That is the Ninth level.

No stop signs, or speed limit. Ain't nothing going to slow me down. Like a wheel... gonna spin it. Ain't nothing going to mess me around. Hey! Satan! payed my dues. I'm my way to the promised land....

15 posted on 04/29/2011 4:24:53 PM PDT by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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To: starlifter

Without immigration, you would be declining. Per pew, a third of those who are raised Catholic leave the faith.


16 posted on 04/29/2011 4:24:53 PM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: verga

Unlike so many Catholic Priests, this guy has been charged. Not moved to another diocese to rape other boys and girls.


17 posted on 04/29/2011 4:26:04 PM PDT by Gamecock (I didn't reach the top of the food chain just to become a vegetarian.)
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To: Gamecock

“But the priest from Connecticut could be allowed to continue serving as a priest after he has served his sentence, according to his former church. ...

Prosecutors said Gray will not have to pay back the money because the Diocese of Hartford did not ask for restitution.”

WHAT???


18 posted on 04/29/2011 4:29:24 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Gamecock

He thinks he’s got trouble now, just wait until the IRS gets hold of him.


19 posted on 04/29/2011 4:29:56 PM PDT by BlueDragon (tonto he got smart said listenkimmosabe, kissmyass I boughtaboat, I'm headedout to sea)
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To: Teflonic

“I’m starting to wonder whether the gay movement purposefully infiltrated the church in order to destroy it from within.”

Yes.


20 posted on 04/29/2011 4:30:29 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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