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	Ex-Priest Accused of Stealing from 2 Va. Parishes Associated Press, carried in WVEC June 16, 2008 http://www.wvec.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D91BC8R82.html A court hearing for a former Roman Catholic priest convicted on federal charges of embezzling from two Louisa County churches has been postponed. Rodney Rodis was to appear in Louisa Circuit Court on Monday to be arraigned on 13 state charges, but it was rescheduled for July 21. His appearance was postponed because the 52-year-old defendant was not brought from a federal prison in North Carolina for the hearing. Rodis is serving a 63-month federal term after being convicted in federal court in October of mail fraud and money laundering. He also was ordered to repay about $600,000. Many former parishioners from St. Jude and Immaculate Conception Catholic churches were unhappy with the federal sentence. If convicted on all the state charges, Rodis faces up to 260 years.
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