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	Judge to Hear Motion to Dismiss Charges against Priest Associated Press, carried in WAVY August 9, 2007 http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6908232&nav=menu45_2 Louisa, Va. - A Louisa County judge will hear arguments later this month on whether to dismiss 13 embezzlement charges against a priest accused of taking donation money for two Catholic churches where he served as pastor. The hearing is set for August 27th. The attorney for the Reverend Rodney Rodis (ROH'-dis) claims in a court filing that Rodis should not be prosecuted in court if he mishandled money donated to the two parishes. Lawyer John Maus says the Catholic Diocese of Richmond should handle the case, due to the U.S. Constitution's clause prohibiting government interference in church matters. In Louisa County Circuit Court yesterday, Maus discussed the possibility of calling in high-ranking church authorities to testify at the hearing. Rodis is being held without bond in the Central Virginia Regional Jail in Orange after being accused of stealing up to one million dollars. He's scheduled to go to trial in October.
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