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	Priest Confesses to Stealing Parish Money Action 3 News June 11, 2008 http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=8466487&nav=menu550_1 [with video] Omaha, NE - A Catholic priest accused of stealing from his parish turns himself in to police. Last month Father Rodney Adams, an Omaha priest, resigned from the church accused of taking thousands of dollars. This morning, he walked into the Omaha police station and within a few hours stood before the courts. From a Roman collar, to an orange colored jump suit. Father Rodney Adams walked into court today admitting he stole money from his church. When Father Adams came to St. Bridgets he told the bookkeeper to cut him a check for both churches he was serving. That included St. Rose, but St. Rose was still paying him. That went on for nearly five years. Plus, he wrote about 32,000 dollars in bad checks from the church's bazaar fund. But while he pleaded guilty to the courts he had nothing to say to us. He did tell the judge he was diagnosed as bi-polar three weeks ago. As for if this is the defenses strategy? "The only strategy at this point was for Father Adams to accept responsibility for what he did and that's what he's wanted to do for the last month month and a half," says his attorney, Jim Schafer. Father Adams will be sentenced in September. It's not clear from his attorney whether or not he'll pay the money back to the church. Reported by Molli Graham ,mgraham@action3news.com.
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