MICHIGAN
TribTown
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: October 03, 2014
DETROIT — An investigator says a Detroit-area Catholic priest on trial in the theft of money from a fund set up to help poor people admitted to embezzlement following his arrest.
Detective Cory Williams, an investigator for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, read from the statement by the Rev. Timothy Kane on Thursday in Circuit Court. In the statement, Kane says he had a sexual relationship with a prison inmate and embezzled money for the man and his family.
Afterward the testimony, Kane and his lawyer, Steven Scharg, declined comment. The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/1E8bCFb ) the trial resumes next week.
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