The church has forgiven Msgr. William Dombrow for embezzling a half-million dollars meant to fund the care of aging and retired priests.
The federal justice system, however, showed Wednesday that it was not so ready to absolve him.
U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert sentenced the former rector of
Villa St. Joseph, a retirement home for priests in Darby Borough, to
eight months in prison, citing the need to punish a man who stole
thousands to cover his copious gambling debts, buy concert tickets, and pay for expenses on trips abroad.
The judge expressed surprise at what he described as the “no harm, no
foul” attitude that many of Dombrow’s supporters – including leaders of
the Archdiocese of Philadelphia — espoused in relation to his crimes.
Monsignor who stole $500,000 for gambling, concert tickets headed to federal prison
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