Was Former Priest Too Well Paid to Steal, Tim Malloy, WPTV, February 17, 2009

Was Former Priest Too Well Paid to Steal?

By Tim Malloy
WPTV
February 17, 2009

http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story/Was-former-priest-too-well-paid-to-steal/fh9afNgcFkaIHX_tEDsd4A.cspx

WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- The attorney for disgraced former priest Frances Guinan suggests he was too well compensated for too long to steal form his parish and that eight to ten other people had access to the hundreds of dollars that was looted from St. Vincent Ferrer Church in Delray Beach.

Opening statements saw the prosecution detailing the globetrotting of a high rolling gambler with a girl friend in tow, spending money he literally lifted from the collection plate.

Not so, said the defense.

In fact Guinan, whose every expense was covered by the Diocese, had no financial motivation to take advantage of the cash that flowed through the wealthy parish.

The Diocese Vicar General revealed Guinan was angry at him when he demanded an audit and told him to stop sending church money to a lady friend no longer employed by the church.

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