RAPID CITY (SD)
KOTA TV
May 23, 2019
By Jack Caudill
A former Rapid City Catholic priest is hit with a federal indictment.
The federal grand jury charged Marcin Garbacz with wire fraud, money laundering and transportation of stolen money.
The indictment lays out what federal prosecutors say happened; starting with his time at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Faith where he was removed in July of 2012 in part because of his financial mismanagement of the parish. Garbacz was then assigned to parishes in Rapid City.
Beginning in July of 2012, and continuing until about April of 2018, Garbacz allegedly devised a scheme to steal from the parishes and deposit the money in his own account.
Garbacz is accused — starting in July of 2012 — of stealing cash donations before they were counted. He reportedly did this by entering the parish at night or in the morning when no one else where there or awake.
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