CONNECTICUT
CT Post
[with court document]
Daniel Tepfer
Updated 11:22 pm, Friday, January 18, 2013
BRIDGEPORT — Diocese officials might stop paying “Monsignor Meth” his church stipend following accusations he was a cross-dressing drug dealer who sold upward of $9,000 of crystal methamphetamine a week.
“It wasn’t anything he could get rich off of; we were providing just enough to maintain basic sustenance,” said Roman Catholic Diocese spokesman Brian Wallace during discussions Friday about whether to pull Monsignor Kevin Wallin’s pay.
But after reading in the Connecticut Post that Wallin, 61, is accused by federal authorities of making so much money from selling the drug that he purchased an adult sex shop in North Haven named The Land of Oz to launder the money, Wallace said the diocese may stop the payments.
Wallace repeated Friday that he was aware only that parishioners had complained of Wallin acting erratically in spring 2011. He said the complaints came from a number of parishioners, and not all at one time. He said there was a concern about Wallin’s health.
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