Catholic Priest Steals More Than $1 Million

From cbs2chicago.com:

A judge set bail at $100,000 for a Catholic priest who resigned earlier this summer amid allegations that he stole more than $1 million from his parish on the city's southwest side.

The Rev. Brian Lisowski appeared Thursday in Cook County Criminal Court via closed-circuit television. He was charged with felony money laundering and theft from a school or place of worship.

Lisowski resigned in July from St. Bede the Venerable after acknowledging he had relapsed into alcoholism and had been stopped by police in the company of an alleged prostitute, church officials said.

After his resignation, there was a sudden increase in the parish's collections cash account that prompted the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago to look at his personal financial records, Auxiliary Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller has said.

I cannot tell you the relief I feel knowing that the Catholic Church hierarchy has crooks other than child molesters and pedophiles. At least common thieves can be rehabilitated.