AKRON (OH)
Beacon Journal
By Rick Armon
Beacon Journal staff writer
It’s sentencing Part Two for the Rev. Samuel Ciccolini.
Ciccolini, a well-known Catholic priest, will appear today before federal Judge James Gwin in Cleveland to be resentenced for banking and income tax crimes.
His original sentence — one day in custody, a $350,000 fine and a $3.5 million restitution order — was overturned this year. The appeals court ruled the judge had no authority to order restitution.
Unknown is how Gwin will handle the new sentence, especially because he had eased up on the prison sentence in favor of the costly restitution.
Federal prosecutors want Ciccolini, 70, popularly known as “Father Sam,” to be sent to prison for at least 18 months and to receive a hefty fine. The defense wants leniency and cites Ciccolini’s decades of service running the Interval Brotherhood Home, a nonprofit alcohol and drug treatment center in Coventry Township.
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