CHRISTIAN PRIEST ARRESTED ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
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The Telegraph Herald
Friday, January 29, 2010
Prairie du Chien, Wis. - A priest at St. Mary Catholic Church in Gays
Mills and St. Phillip Catholic Church in Soldiers Grove has been
arrested on a charge of embezzling up to $200,000 from those
parishes.
The Rev. Robert Chukwu is currently in Crawford County Jail on a
felony charge of theft in a business setting of over $10,000.
According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Department, Chukwu, who
holds dual citizenship in the United States and Nigeria, told an
attorney for the Diocese of La Crosse that he used the money from the
parishes to invest in Nigeria where he could get a better interest
rate than if he sent the money to the diocese.
Authorities claim Chukwu sent money to his family in Nigeria and to a
nun and a school in Nigeria. They allege he also sent a 40-foot
container to Nigeria containing items purchased at local retail
stores. Authorities said the money used to purchase the items sent to
Nigeria came from insurance money and donations received by the
parishes for damages to the church from the 2007 flood.
An investigation of parish books found that Chukwu had approximately
$105,000 in debit card charges and unauthorized charges totaling
$196,000, according to investigators.
The case remains under investigation.
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