CONNECTICUT
The Hartford Courant
BY EDMUND H. MAHONY, emahony@courant.com
The Hartford Courant
2:59 p.m. EDT, July 23, 2012
A former parish priest in Greenwich accused of forging letters to cover up his theft of about $300,000 in church money was sent to prison for five months Monday in U.S. District Court.
Federal prosecutors said pastor Michael Moynihan forged letters from two parishioners, one of who was an unidentified judge, in an attempt to deceive FBI agents into believing that he spent the money for church purposes.
Moynihan, who was asked by the church to resign, was employed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport as pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Greenwich from 1993 to 2007.
Prosecutors said Moynihan used church money to pay credit card bills or other personal expenses, according to federal and church authorities. He was charged with obstructing an official proceeding.
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