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Rev. Joseph Connell McLoone used stolen money for travel, dining, and relationships with men. Monsignor Joseph McLoone was arrested this week in Pennsylvania after being accused of stealing nearly $100k of church funds and using the money for his own personal use, including intimate relationships with men.
Authorities say that McLoone ultimately stole $98,405 from the parish. Thousands of dollars of the stolen money was withdrawn in Ocean City, New Jersey, where McLoone has a vacation house.
The statement says that McLoone opened the bank account in 2011 and named it “St. Joseph Activity Account.”. “Over the next six years, the defendant diverted approximately $125,000 in donation checks written to the St. Joseph’s Parish into this account.”. Authorities were able to recover some of the stolen money.
Read More: Irish priest arrested on NYC drug charges facing separate legal battle in Ireland. Msgr McLoone, who been on administrative leave from St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Downingtown, Pennsylvania for over a year, was arrested on August 21 accused of stealing $98,405.50 from the church and funneling it into his own undisclosed account.
In 2010, before he was made pastor of St. Joseph's Church, McLoone, whose parents are from Co Donegal, was inducted into the Delaware Valley Irish Hall of Fame. At the time, McLoone served as chaplain for both the Donegal Association and the Delaware Valley Irish Hall of Fame.
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