Former Deacon of Sacred Heart Parish Ordered to Step down from Current Post Amid Law Enforcement Investigation

By Erica McClain
Press and Guide
October 9, 2014

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Belczak

Father Thomas Belczak, a former deacon at Sacred Heart Parish in Dearborn, has been ordered to step aside as pastor of St. Kenneth Parish in Plymouth.

Belczak will step aside as a result of an investigation of alleged improper use of funds at the Plymouth parish, the Archdiocese of Detroit stated in a press release.

The 60-year-old pastor will not be permitted to visit the parish in any capacity. Father Robert Blondell, a senior priest of the Detroit archdiocese, has been named as administrator of St. Kenneth Parish.

Belczak served as deacon to Sacred Heart Parish in Dearborn from January 1979 until May 1980.