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Diocese of Springfield, Mass
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Clerical financial misconduct

Mass. priest gets probation after $100k theft charges

It is not clear whether Fr. Tomasz Gorny has petitioned for laicization, or is facing some other 'canonical process'

The Pillar
Nov 29, 2023
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A Massachusetts priest charged with stealing more than $100,000 reached an agreement with prosecutors in September, admitting in court that enough evidence existed to convict him of a lesser larceny charge than he had originally faced.

Fr. Tomasz Gorny. Credit: Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish/Facebook.

But while Fr. Tomaz Gorny was sentenced to probation …

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