OKEMOS (MI)
Catholic Herald
August 8, 2018
By Rhina Guidos
The postponement came after the priest’s attorney withdrew
A judge has postponed a mid-August trial for a priest accused of embezzling more than $5 million from a parish in Okemos, in central Michigan, part of the Diocese of Lansing.
Fr Jonathan Wehrle was facing trial on August 13, but his attorney in the criminal case told the Lansing State Journal he was withdrawing, prompting the judge to push the trial to January 2019 to give new defence attorneys time to prepare, the newspaper said.
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