WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune
By Alexandra Chachkevitch
Tribune reporter
12:00 p.m. CDT, July 18, 2014
A Glenview Greek Orthodox priest who faces a felony theft charge appeared in the Milwaukee County courthouse this afternoon after missing two previous hearings. The hearing is still ongoing.
The Rev. James Dokos, 62, is accused of improperly spending more than $100,000 from a trust fund that was intended primarily to benefit Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee, where Dokos long served as pastor before he was moved to Glenview in 2012.
Dokos, who is pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview, had been scheduled to make his first appearance in court initially on July 10, but couldn’t make it because of car trouble, his attorney Patrick Knight said. Dokos missed the rescheduled court hearing on July 14 because he was admitted into a hospital due to an emergency, Knight said.
Authorities allege that Dokos used money from the trust fund to cover items including personal credit card bills and gifts to other Greek Orthodox church officials.
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