LAS VEGAS (NV)
Las Vegas Review-Journal
By Doug McMurdo
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Jan. 13, 2012
A former high-ranking Las Vegas priest was sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay full restitution Friday after admitting he stole $650,000 from a Las Vegas Catholic church to support his compulsive gambling.
Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe told U.S. District Judge James Mahan he was sorry.
More than 90 parishioners from McAuliffe’s church were inside the courtroom, and many more were turned away.
The federal government sought a prison term of 33 months for McAuliffe, but the priest objected, citing his gambling addiction and prior good works as reasons for a shorter stint behind bars — or probation.
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