Thieving Priest Deserves to Be Treated like Any Other Criminal

By Jane Ann Morrison
Las Vegan Review-Journal
January 12, 2012

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THE THIEVING, GAMBLING MONSIGNOR WHO STOLE $650,000, MOSTLY FROM HIS CHURCH?S VOTIVE CANDLE FUND, HAS HIS SUPPORTERS WHO WANT HIM TO RECEIVE PROBATION FRIDAY

Posted: Jan. 12, 2012

I'm not one of them.

Nor is the U.S. Department of Probation, which recommends he spend 33 months in prison, which is the low end of the federal sentencing guidelines. The high end would be 41 months.

U.S. District Judge James Mahan won't be bound by the probation recommendation when he sentences Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe at 10 a.m. Friday. He can show leniency. Or not.

McAuliffe's attorney, Margaret Stanish, has an uphill battle when she argues his gambling addiction and his mental disorders and depression are reason to give him clemency. She's arguing for probation, so he can stay an active priest and help other gambling addicts.