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Clerical financial misconduct

Iowa priest charged with ‘fake missionary’ fraud, theft

The Pillar
Mar 12, 2025
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An Iowa priest has pled not guilty to criminal theft, after he was arrested last month on charges of stealing $164,000 from his rural parish.

Fr. Tom Thakadipuram. Credit: Fr. Tom Thakadipuram/Facebook.

According to court records, the priest deposited parish money into a bank account he created for a fake missionary organization, and from there transferre…

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