Pennsylvania priest admits to making up winner of $50,000 raffle, police say

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 “admitted to publicly falsifying the results of the grand prize winner” of a raffle at St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Erie. The confession was reportedly detailed in warrants from the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, according to an Aug. 7 report in…