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CBS Detroit

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A jury has found a 58-year-old Detroit-area Catholic priest guilty of stealing money from a charity for the poor after he denied the charges and said he wrongly signed a confession to police.

The Rev. Timothy Kane was convicted Tuesday in Wayne County Circuit Court of crimes including embezzlement between $1,000 and $20,000 from a charitable institution. The 58-year-old will be sentenced in December.

Kane testified Tuesday that he didn’t steal money from the Angel Fund, an Archdiocese of Detroit charity fund created to assist people in need. Kane says confusion caused by diabetes made him sign a confession to police after his February arrest.

In that confession, Kane admitted to stealing the money for a prison inmate he had befriended. According to the confession statement, Kane said he had a sexual relationship with the inmate and embezzled money for the man and…