ILLINOIS
Daily Herald
A Roselle priest convicted of gambling away about $300,000 in church funds has asked a DuPage County judge to let him return to the ministry. The Rev. John Regan, 48, was sentenced in September to probation, jail and community service, and was ordered to get a job “as menial as possible.” Since his release, he’s worked at a Joliet factory for $9 an hour.
Now Regan’s attorneys are asking Judge John Kinsella to clarify whether he can go back to work for the Diocese of Joliet — a move they say would double his income and allow him to pay restitution more quickly.
He also “wishes to return to more meaningful employment in order to be restored to his lifelong vocation,” a recent defense filing says.
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