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Preist Buys Porn with Church Fund

  • 10-11-2010 4:01pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭


    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/sex/cops-priest-pilfered-funds-porn-buys
    A Catholic priest charged with stealing $83,000 from his Massachusetts parish spent a large portion of the money on his pornography habit, according to police.
    Rev. Keith LeBlanc, 59, was removed earlier this year from his pastor’s post at St. John the Baptist Church in the face of an investigation by the Archdiocese of Boston. That review (and a subsequent police probe) determined that LeBlanc used church funds to pay for online porn and pay-per-view adult movies ordered from the St. John’s rectory.
    According to a Haverhill Police Department report, LeBlanc told a lawyer for the archdiocese that he “has an addiction and needs help.” Records obtained by investigators show that LeBlanc used a specific credit card for his online porn purchases, and that card had a whopping $25,000 balance. A review of Comcast bills showed that more than $4000 worth of adult movies were ordered, with the films starting “the day Father LeBlanc came to the parish.”
    The police report charges that LeBlanc stole $83,149 between 2004-2010. About $50,000 of this amount consisted of funds raised via offertory donations, candle/flower sales, and the annual Christmas bazaar.
    In addition to his porn purchases--which are not detailed--LeBlanc, pictured above, also allegedly used church funds to “pay personal bills such as rent, car payments and credit card payments.”
    LeBlanc was charged last week with forgery and larceny in connection with the alleged misappropriation of church funds. He was arraigned last week on the felony charges and was released on his own recognizance after an appearance in Haverhill District Court.
    The police report indicates that LeBlanc, who submitted his resignation to the archdiocese, has been “relocated” to the Saint John Vianney Center, a “behavioral treatment and education center” sponsored by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. According to its web site, the center “specializes in the treatment of behavioral health issues that are unique to Catholic clergy

    Better then being a Kiddy Fiddler


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    WIZE wrote: »
    Better then being a Kiddy Fiddler

    Sure is.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    ha caught with his pants down.

    why didnt he just use the internet for free porn like normal people


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Who buys porn any more? Hasn't he heard of The Internet?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    ^ agreed.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    better not doing either


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    jor el wrote: »
    Who buys porn any more? Hasn't he heard of The Internet?

    too slow :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭Gunsfortoys


    “specializes in the treatment of behavioral health issues that are unique to Catholic clergy"

    Ah right, so it is just Catholic priests that get horny. :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Money. Account. Resting.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭Agonist


    I hear his defence is "The money was just resting my account"

    Edit: Bah, Biko beat me


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Four grand worth of porn? Hasn't this guy heard of the internet?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    Think of the money he saved in avoiding having to settle a sex abuse claim out of court because he didn't release his frustration. I should be an accountant!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    I wonder did they all have lovely bottoms?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Fuppin pedrophiles! :mad::mad::mad::mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    He could've used that money to buy himself a killer rig of a PC and a giant HD TV to hook it up to. From there he could revel in all the HD goodness of porn from the web.

    Still, a priest being in the news for something other than fiddling with kids seems almost refreshing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    I'd say it was really some coke and kiddy fiddling hooker habit but they're trying to play it down saying it was just a 'porn' habbit.
    Dirty fecker!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭Diapason


    Is there an Altarboy Mansion?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    3 hail marys, an our father, a couple decades of the rosary and 15 mins of self flagellation for you good sir!


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