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April 12, 2017

Priest convicted of stealing $300k removed from clergy by Pope Francis

The Diocese of Manchester, N.H. announced April 7 that Pope Francis has dismissed Edward J. Arsenault, a New Hampshire priest who has been convicted of stealing $300,000 from the local diocese, a hospital and a deceased priest's estate.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Pope Francis has dismissed a New Hampshire priest from the clerical state, after the priest was convicted of stealing some $300,000 from the local diocese, a hospital and a deceased priest's estate.

Published in International