Resentencing for ‘father Sam’ Rescheduled

Beacon Journal
July 10, 2012

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The resentencing for the Rev. Samuel Ciccolini has been rescheduled for 12:30 p.m. July 27 before Judge James Gwin in U.S. District Court.

Ciccolini, 70, a well-known Catholic priest in Akron, pleaded guilty two years ago to banking and tax fraud. He was sentenced to one day in custody, fined $350,000 and ordered to pay $3.5 million in restitution to the Interval Brotherhood Home Foundation in Coventry Township.

An appeals court voided his sentence last week, ruling that Gwin had no authority to order the restitution and that Ciccolini must be resentenced.

Ciccolini has asked the court to have the $3.5 million returned to him.

The money has been held by the federal Clerk of Court’s Office in Cleveland during the appeal. Gwin has deferred ruling on the request until the resentencing.

He also has approved a request for a new presentence report to be prepared by the U.S. Pretrial Services and Probation Office.