Fr. Marcin Garbacz

Ordained: 2004
Status: Indicted

Diocese: Diocese of Rapid City SD

From Poland. Chaplain and Catholic school teacher 2012-2018. Convicted in 3/2020 of stealing over $250K from parishes and sentenced in 11/2020 to nearly 8 years in federal prison. Arrested at Seattle’s airport in 2019, trying to flee to Poland. In 11/2020, Marcin was also facing federal charges of child sexual abuse and child pornography possession. Indicted. Allegedly had sexual contact with a male minor while traveling in a foreign country in 2011, and had child sex abuse images on his thumb drive.


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