UPDATE:: Johnson County Catholic priest pleads no contest to stealing over $42,000 from churchThe Reverend of the Divine Mercy Parish in Gardner has been charged with theft and computer crimes.
A Johnson County Catholic priest accused of stealing more than $42,000 from his Gardner parish pleaded no contest to felony theft Friday.
The Rev. Joseph Cramer’s trial was set to start on Monday before he pleaded. He was originally charged with one count of theft and two counts of computer crime. The computer crime charges were dropped Friday.
Cramer, 68, was charged in May 2018 after he was placed on leave from Divine Mercy Parish months earlier for “financial irregularities.”
Johnson County, Kansas prosecutors charged Rev. Joseph Cramer with stealing at least $25,000 from the parish between Nov. 16, 2015, and May 2016. Cramer also faces two counts of computer crimes.
Cramer was booked into the Johnson County Jail Thursday and posted a $5,000 bond shortly thereafter.
Johnson County parish priest charged with stealing at least $25,000 - KSHB.com 41 Action News
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