Las Vegas pastor Gregory Bolusan<\/a> was accused of robbing the M Casino with a fake gun three times.<\/p>\nPriest Walks Into a Casino<\/b><\/h2>\n
Catholic monsignors are distinguished priests who are granted the title by a pope, typically at the recommendation of a diocese bishop.<\/p>\n
William Dombrow held such a title, but instead of continuing the distinguished service that garnered him the monsignor title, in 2007 he began siphoning funds away from the Villa St. Joseph rehabilitation and retirement community. The monsignor was at the time in control of money that was bequest to the senior living facility.<\/p>\n
He took trips to Aruba and Key West, and frequented Harrah’s Philadelphia, a casino that’s just a short eight miles away from Villa St. Joseph.<\/p>\n
The bank holding the Catholic account notified the diocese after funds were being repeatedly withdrawn at ATMs inside Harrah’s.\u00a0In addition to Harrah’s, Dombrow also visited casinos in the Poconos.<\/p>\n
Courtroom Gasps<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Catholic Church has seemingly forgiven the monsignor, and that was apparent at this week’s sentencing. Several priests and nuns were in attendance yesterday, with all showing their support for Dombrow.\u00a0The Philadelphia Inquirer\u00a0<\/em>reports they were visibly upset after Pappert handed down his verdict.<\/p>\nThose who urged the judge to forego prison time for the priest contested that Dombrow didn’t use all of the ill-gotten money for himself. For instance, they argued that Dombrow took other clergymen to the concerts and lavish dinners.<\/p>\n
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“He did a number of things for those priests, bringing them flowers, taking them out to dinner,” Dombrow’s attorney Coley Reynolds stated. “It’s not like he went with a girlfriend. He went with other priests. And no priest at Villa St. Joseph went without something because of the monsignor’s spending.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Despite his admission of guilt, Dombrow has retained his monsignor title, and continued to live at Villa St. Joseph until this week. He has, however, lost all access to diocese funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Catholic Monsignor William Dombrow is headed to federal prison for the next eight months for stealing $535,000 from the Philadelphia Archdiocese to predominantly cover his gambling expenses. US District Judge Gerald Pappert sentenced Dombrow yesterday in Philadelphia, but he didn’t go lightly on the once-vaunted Catholic priest. The federal judge explained in his verdict that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":66492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,60,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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