A Catholic priest was arrested for allegedly stealing almost $100,000 in church donations to travel and send money to men he met on gay dating app Grindr.
A Catholic priest was arrested Wednesday for stealing almost $100,000 in church donations to supplement his personal life, which included traveling and sending money to men he met on gay dating app Grindr.
Monsignor Joseph McLoone on Aug. 21, 2019, who is accused of stealing nearly $100,000 from his parish and spending it on a beach house and men he met on dating apps.Father Joseph McLoone, 56, was charged with felony theft and other related crimes after depositing into a personal account thousands of dollars in donations from parishioners of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, between 2011 and 2018, according to the Chester County district attorney’s office.
The diverted funds were allegedly contained in a bank account named “St. Joseph Activity Account,” which McLoone opened Nov. 2, 2011 — his first All Souls holiday as pastor of the church. “Father McLoone held a position of leadership and his parishioners trusted him to properly handle their generous donations to the church,” Chester County District Attorney Chief of Staff Charles Gaza wrote in a“Father McLoone violated the trust of the members of St. Joseph’s for his own personal gain.”
In addition to pocketing the All Souls’ collection each year, along with other donations addressed to St. Joseph’s, the district attorney’s office also said McLoone doubled the stipend he collected for saying each mass and performing weddings and funerals., told investigators that he used some of the stolen funds to pay for “personal relationships” with other men, according to an affidavit from the Chester County DA’s office.
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