TOULOUSE, France, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A
Catholic priest will be charged to court after acknowledging that he stole more than
700,000 euros ($741,000) collected from members and buyers of holy
candles over a quarter of a century, the French public prosecutor's
office said on Tuesday.
René Heuillet,
80, aacknowledged pilfering proceeds of regular church collections between
1987 and retirement in early 2013, plus 100,000 euros from votive candle
sales, said a statement from the prosecutor's office in Foix, in
southwestern France.
He seemingly spent little of the money.
Public prosecutor Karline Bouisset said the authorities had frozen
holdings of 656,000 euros on his bank account.
The case was brought to light by the
priest who succeeded him in the Pyrenean mountain village of
Saint-Lizier, said the statement, which said the trial was set for Jan.
16.
($1 = 0.9442 euros) (Reporting by Julie Rimbert; Writing by Brian Love; Editing by Ingrid Melander)
Source: (huffingtonpost)
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