Lowestoft Journal
July 24, 2008
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A respected Roman Catholic priest who stole more than ?90,000 left to his church in a will has been sent to jail.
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| Eric Woodhead |
Eric Woodhead, aged 60, was the parish priest at the Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in Lowestoft when he stole the money with 28-year-old Christopher Myhill.
A hearing at Ipswich Crown Court today heard that Myhill, who is of Queens Road, Yarmouth, helped Woodhead to set up a secret bank account so that ?91,963 from a parishioner's will could be paid in.
They then spent more than ?90,000 before discrepancies in the parish accounts were investigated.
Judge Peter Thompson sentenced Myhill to two years in prison and Woodhead to two-and-a-half years.
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