Capuchin: Childhood abuse ‘manifested’ in elaborate fraud
The Capuchin who pled guilty to fraud schemes says they are the result of longstanding trauma
A Franciscan friar who pleaded guilty to fraud told a judge last week that he should not be sentenced to more than two-and-a-half years in prison, because of a troubled childhood in which the friar was allegedly abused numerous times.
The plea came as a fe…