Angel Fund priest sentenced to 12 months for theft

MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press

Patricia Montemurri, Detroit Free Press
December 15, 2014

The Rev. Timothy Kane, convicted of stealing money from the now-discontinued Angel Fund to help the poor of Detroit, was sentenced Monday to 12 months in jail served over 5 years during the months of June and December plus about 8 weekends.

Kane was also sentenced to pay $131,400 in restitution.

Kane begins serving his sentence Tuesday through December in the Wayne County Jail.

A Wayne County Circuit Court jury found Kane guilty in October of six counts related to theft from the charity fund for poor people, including embezzlement between $1,000 and $20,000.

Kane, 58, testified that he didn’t steal Angel Fund monies, even though he had signed a confession to police after his arrest in February. Kane said he signed the confession because of confusion related to his diabetes.

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