NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Public Radio
[with audio]
By MICHAEL BRINDLEY
A former top Manchester diocese official has been ordered to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars to the church and other organizations in a plea deal reached this morning.
Msgr. Edward Arsenault will also serve at least four years in prison.
Appearing in Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester Wednesday morning, Arsenault pled guilty to three felony charges and apologized for his actions.
As part of the deal, Arsenault must pay restitution on the order of $184,000 the Diocese of Manchester and $104,000 to Catholic Medical Center.
Arsenault was chancellor at the Manchester Diocese from 1999 through 2009.
It was in May of last year when prosecutors first announced an investigation into allegations that Arsenault misused church funds and had an improper adult relationship.
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