PENNSYLVANIA
WGAL
[with video]
BONNEAUVILLE, Pa. —
A suspended priest was formally charged on Thursday with taking thousands of dollars from his Adams County church.
The Rev. Caesar Belchez, the former pastor at St. Joseph the Worker parish in Bonneville, is accused of embezzling nearly $400,000 dollars over five years.
Court documents show the priest has confessed.
Belchez, who has most recently worked as a pastor in Dallastown, could face up to 21 years in prison.
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