{"id":59801,"date":"2025-08-11T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=59801"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:20:07","slug":"pennsylvania-priest-admits-to-making-up-winner-of-50000-raffle-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/pennsylvania-priest-admits-to-making-up-winner-of-50000-raffle-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30da\u30f3\u30b7\u30eb\u30d9\u30cb\u30a2\u5dde\u306e\u53f8\u796d\u304c$5\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u306e\u30e9\u30c3\u30d5\u30eb\u306e\u5f53\u9078\u8005\u3092\u634f\u9020\u3057\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a8d\u3081\u305f\u3068\u8b66\u5bdf\u304c\u767a\u8868"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>null \/ Credit: ElenaR\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 7, 2025 \/ 11:21 am (CNA). Prosecutors say a Catholic priest in Pennsylvania has confessed to falsifying the results of a high-level raffle at his parish. Father Ross Miceli allegedly \u201cadmitted to publicly falsifying the results of the grand prize winner\u201d of a raffle at St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Erie. The confession was reportedly detailed in warrants from the Erie County District Attorney\u2019s Office, according to an Aug. 7 report in\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\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/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>null \/ Credit: ElenaR\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 7, 2025 \/ 11:21 am (CNA). Prosecutors say a Catholic priest in Pennsylvania has confessed to falsifying the results of a high-level raffle at his parish. Father Ross Miceli allegedly \u201cadmitted to publicly falsifying the results of the grand prize winner\u201d of a raffle at St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Erie. The confession was reportedly detailed in warrants from the Erie County District Attorney\u2019s Office, according to an Aug. 7 report in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":60108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-59801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55477,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/oratory-priest-in-london-calls-catholic-politicians-to-confession-before-communion\/","url_meta":{"origin":59801,"position":0},"title":"Oratory priest in London calls Catholic politicians to confession before Communion","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"8\u6708 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Brompton Oratory in London, with which the London Oratory School is associated. \/ Credit: James Grey via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Dublin, Ireland, Jul 8, 2025 \/ 15:38 pm (CNA). 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