{"id":6520,"date":"2025-03-09T13:05:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/missouri-priest-pleads-guilty-to-300000-theft-from-parish\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T13:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:05:33","slug":"missouri-priest-pleads-guilty-to-300000-theft-from-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/missouri-priest-pleads-guilty-to-300000-theft-from-parish\/","title":{"rendered":"Un pr\u00eatre du Missouri plaide coupable du vol de $300 000 \u00e0 sa paroisse\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Source St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Wardsville, Missouri. \/ Credit: Diocese of Jefferson City A priest in Missouri pleaded guilty this week to stealing $300,000 from a church at which he was pastor for nearly a decade.Father Ignazio Medina admitted to &quot;transporting stolen property across state lines\u201d after a federal investigation, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Western District of Missouri said in a press release this week.Medina was pastor at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Wardsville, Missouri, from\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Source St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Wardsville, Missouri. \/ Credit: Diocese of Jefferson City A priest in Missouri pleaded guilty this week to stealing $300,000 from a church at which he was pastor for nearly a decade.Father Ignazio Medina admitted to &quot;transporting stolen property across state lines\u201d after a federal investigation, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Western District of Missouri said in a press release this week.Medina was pastor at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Wardsville, Missouri, from\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102313,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/ewtn-news-explains-how-is-catholic-communion-bread-made\/","url_meta":{"origin":6520,"position":0},"title":"EWTN News explains: How is Catholic Communion bread made?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"ao\u00fbt 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Second Vatican Council referred to the Eucharist as \u201cthe source and summit of the Christian life,\u201d St. Augustine referred to it as \u201ca Divine storehouse filled with every virtue,\u201d and St. Th\u00e9r\u00e8se of Lisieux described it simply as \u201cthe sole remedy, if you want to be cured.\u201dYet though Christ in the Eucharist occupies a place of centrality in the Church, many Catholics may not ever stop to reflect on the bread that in the Mass becomes Christ \u2014 namely,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56753,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/tennessee-priest-will-serve-7-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-sex-crimes\/","url_meta":{"origin":6520,"position":1},"title":"Tennessee priest will serve 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"novembre 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Juan Carlos Garcia-Mendoza, a priest in the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, will serve seven years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sex abuse. \/ Credit: Courtesy of the Franklin Police Department CNA Staff, Jul 15, 2025 \/ 13:23 pm (CNA). 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