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	Priest Waives Evidence Hearing in $880k Theft Case By Maryclaire Dale Philadelphia Inquirer March 19, 2008 http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20080319_ap_priestwaivesevidencehearingin880ktheftcase.html PHILADELPHIA - A priest charged with stealing more than $800,000 from two Catholic institutions has waived an evidence hearing. Prosecutors say the Rev. Charles Newman used some of the money to ply a student he allegedly molested with drugs and alcohol. Newman is a former principal at Archbishop Ryan, the largest high school in the Philadelphia archdiocese. City prosecutors say he stole about $330,000 from the high school and $550,000 from his religious order, the Franciscan Friars. The 58-year-old Newman and defense lawyer Frank DeSimone declined comment after the brief hearing Wednesday. Newman now lives at a Franciscan retirement home in Wisconsin.
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