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  Catholic Priest Now Faces Federal Charges

By Tom Campbell and Calvin R. Trice
Richmond Times-Dispatch
August 22, 2007

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-08-22-0204.html

Louisa (VA) — A Catholic priest accused in state court of embezzling from two Louisa County churches was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on 13 charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and money-laundering.

The Rev. Rodney L. Rodis, 51, had faced 13 embezzlement counts in Louisa. Its prosecutor will drop the state charges as the federal government pursues its case in court here.

In Louisa, Rodis was accused of stealing as much as $1 million from two churches he served as pastor -- St. Jude in Mineral and Immaculate Conception in Bumpass.

 
 

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