FLORIDA
Tampa Bay Times
By Zack Peterson, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
TAMPA — St. Joseph Catholic Church, struggling to cope with the suicide of its pastor amid allegations he gambled away $165,000 in church finances, has a new leader and a chance of getting most of its money back.
The Rev. Carlos Rojas, from the Diocese of St. Petersburg’s missionary in Wimauma, will replace Father Vladimir Dziadek, who hung himself last week, said diocese spokesman Frank Murphy.
“It’s tragic, but we’re lucky to have Carlos’s help,” he said.
To recover from the financial landslide, the diocese plans to file an insurance claim and believes it can recover about 80 percent of the missing $165,000.
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