PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philly.com
by Jeremy Roebuck, STAFF WRITER @jeremyrroebuck | jroebuck@phillynews.com
The rector of an Archdiocesan retirement home for aging priests was charged Wednesday with embezzling more than a half million dollars from the facility to cover his tastes for fancy dinners, Philadelphia Pops concerts, and local casinos.
Federal prosecutors accused Msgr. William A. Dombrow, 77, of siphoning funds for nearly nine years from a private account set up to support the Villa St. Joseph, the facility in Darby that also houses priests that have been accused of sexual abuse.
Much of the money that flowed into that account came from the life insurance payouts of priests who had died while residing there or bequests from the estates of parishioners who intended to support the facility.
The theft was discovered, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Rotella said, after the bank which administered the account flagged several suspicious payments and deductions at Harrah’s Casino in Chester and notified the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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