CONNECTICUT
Stamford Advocate
David Hennessey
Published 01:14 p.m., Monday, July 23, 2012
NEW HAVEN — The former pastor of a Greenwich church who pleaded guilty last year to federal obstruction of justice was sentenced Monday in federal court to five months in prison.
Michael Moynihan, who resigned from St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church in 2007 amid allegations he diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars in church funds to pay for personal expenses, will also face two years of supervised release and must pay over $400,000 in restitution to the Diocese of Bridgeport.
Moynihan pleaded guilty in December 2011 to the obstruction charge, which stemmed from lies he told federal officials who were investigating the possible misappropriation of church funds.
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