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Clerical financial misconduct

‘Catch him if you can’ - Capuchin arrested after complex false identity scam

Pretending to be a royal doctor, Fr. Pawel Bielecki raised money for non-existing medical clinics

The Pillar
Aug 21, 2024
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A New York province of Capuchin Franciscans says it will fully cooperate with federal prosecutors who arrested a friar last week on charges of wire and mail fraud, with prosecutors alleging he stole hundreds of thousands in an elaborate scheme involving several invented personalities, claims of royalty, and phony Lebanese medical clinics.

Fr. Pawel Biele…

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