Summary

Another priest is in trouble with the Lord in St Pete...this one for stealing money from the church to pay off a gay lover. A presser was held yesterday by the diocese asking people to forgive the three corrupt priests...because they are human too.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 30857
Story Slug PRIESTS SCANDAL (10/04/1996)
Location ST PETERSBURG
Format PKG(YEST)
Date 10/4/1996
Archive Time 36:11
TRT 2:14
Supers St Petersburg Kevin Kalwary/Stand-up :29 Les Jakcson/Blessed Trinity Business Manager :40 Father Anton Dechering/Pastor, Blessed Trinity :53 (quick) Michelle Vieira/Blessed Trinity Bookeeper 1:02 Tom Economus/Founder, Linkup 1:26
Video Description exterior of chruch, picture of priests, video of another priest, exterior of church, stand-up, sot, video of father, video church sign, sot, pic of priest, sot, sot, video of man on computer, exteriors of church
Description Another priest is in trouble with the Lord in St Pete...this one for stealing money from the church to pay off a gay lover. A presser was held yesterday by the diocese asking people to forgive the three corrupt priests...because they are human too.
Script LEAD: Should priests be allowed to marry? That's the big question in the Catholic churches in the Tampa, St Petersburg area. A third Catholic priest in that area is in trouble. These latest allegations are about sexual misconduct. Reporter Kevin Kalwary has the latest chapter in the Bay-area priest scandal. (TAG) Studies show that a large percentage of American Catholics dont think priests should be forced into celibacy.
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