Connecticut Catholics protest priest theft investigation

While parishioners defend him, an archdiocesan spokesman says Fr. Charles Jacobs is not “a modern-day Robin Hood.”

Connecticut Catholics are protesting an archdiocesan investigation into a parish priest accused of stealing money from his Hartford parish.

Parishioners gather March 1 outside Holy Trinity Church in Hartford, Connecticut, in support of Fr. Charles Jacobs. Credit: Eyewitness News 3.

A crowd of several dozen parishioners gathered outside Holy Trinity Churc…