FLORIDA
Tampa Tribune
By Elizabeth Behrman | Tribune Staff , Jose Patino | Tribune Staff Jose Patino
Published: May 17, 2014
TAMPA — A popular priest killed himself Monday, days after the Diocese of St. Petersburg launched an investigation into his church’s finances, authorities said.
A maintenance worker found the Rev. Vladimir Dziadek, 57, at the bottom of a staircase in the living quarters at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Monday, police said. A few days earlier, representatives from the diocese had met with Dziadek after an auditor discovered irregularities in the church’s quarterly financial report.
The representatives were scheduled to meet again with Dziadek, said Frank Murphy, spokesman for the diocese.
“People are concerned, and we want to get out all the facts before we say anything,” he said.
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