NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua Telegraph
By JOSEPH G. COTE
Staff Writer
A former high-ranking official for the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester will plead guilty to stealing from his employer and a Manchester hospital, according to state law enforcement officials.
Monsignor Edward Arsenault III is scheduled to plead guilty to three counts of theft at hearing in April, according to a release issued Monday by Attorney General Joseph Foster and U.S. Attorney John Kacavas.
Arsenault, who held several senior positions in New Hampshire from 1999-2009, will admit to stealing from the Roman Catholic Bishop in Manchester between Jan. 1, 2005, and March 15, 2013; from Catholic Medical Center in Manchester from Feb. 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010; and from the estate of Monsignor John Molan between June 13, 2010, and Feb. 8, 2012. Each of the counts accuse Arsenault of taking more than $1,500, according to officials.
Arsenault left the diocese in 2009 to become the president and CEO of Saint Luke Institute in Maryland. He resigned from that post in May when New Hampshire officials said they were investigating allegations involving an inappropriate adult relationship and misuse of church funds.
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