Gambling priest seeking bail to fight jail sentence

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Date
2013
Description

Father John Fitzmaurice, 54, a former priest in the Christchurch diocese, has admitted eight charges of dishonesty using documents and obtaining money by deception. He has been jailed for two years and three months for stealing $149,000 from the church to feed a poker machine addiction.

Source
The Press 2013 Feb. 28, p. A7
Format
Port.
From
Christchurch City Libraries