- Feb 5, 2002
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Police in California have announced the arrest of a man suspected of posing as a priest to gain access to, and rob, several Catholic parishes across the country.
Multiple Catholic parishes in both New Yorkand Texas over the last several months reported encountering a man who in some cases identified himself as “Father Martin” and who managed to gain access to private parish areas and steal hundreds of dollars.
The scammer was most recently reported at several New York-area parishes; at one he succeeded in stealing nearly $1,000.
On Thursday of this week, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in Riverside, California, announced in a media releasethat they had apprehended the individual suspected of perpetrating those scams.
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Multiple Catholic parishes in both New Yorkand Texas over the last several months reported encountering a man who in some cases identified himself as “Father Martin” and who managed to gain access to private parish areas and steal hundreds of dollars.
The scammer was most recently reported at several New York-area parishes; at one he succeeded in stealing nearly $1,000.
On Thursday of this week, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in Riverside, California, announced in a media releasethat they had apprehended the individual suspected of perpetrating those scams.
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Police arrest man suspected of robbing parishes in fake priest scam
Multiple Catholic parishes in both New York and Texas over the last several months reported encountering a man who in some cases called himself “Father Martin.”
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