Santa Rosa diocese repays some money:

The Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa has restored $9.4 million to parishes and schools that lost the money due to mismanagement of a consolidated fund.

The consolidated fund was set up to pay for things the diocese couldn’t afford and had several contributors. In 1999, after former Bishop Patrick Zeimann resigned amid a sexual misconduct scandal, the diocese discovered Zeimann had been using the fund’s money inappropriately.

"That consolidated account had been completely depleted to pay for ongoing ministries and services,” said Spokeswoman Deirdre Frontczac. “This was not anything illicit, it was a question of rating and accounts that didn’t belong to the diocese or the bishop to pay for programs that essentially, the diocese couldn’t afford."

In Virginia, the estimates rise:

State police now say the Rev. Rodney L. Rodis may have stolen more than $1 million from two Louisa County churches.

The Catholic Diocese of Richmond has previously said Rodis took more than $600,000 from the parishes since 2001.

Virginia State Police Sgt. Kevin Barrick said yesterday that investigators are still hearing from parishioners whose donations can’t be accounted for yet.

And, while not financial, might as well get this in from the Orlando Diocese:

More here. In short: priest and another man (identified in the news as a seminarian, but not) are accused (although they have not been arrested or charged with anything) by a man of sexual battery.

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