How 'Christian' of him.
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Priest In Chicago Financed Male Stripper Using Stolen Funds From Church
July 22, 2007 2:44 p.m. EST
Kathy Henry - AHN News Writer
Chicago, Illinois (AHN) - A Catholic priest who pleaded guilty Friday to
stealing almost $200,000 from a church on the North Side of Chicago gave
lavish gifts such as cars, plane tickets and thousands of dollars to a male
stripper who worked at gay clubs in Chicago, according to law enforcement
sources.
The Rev. Mark Sorvillo was forced to resign from St. Margaret Mary Church in
February 2006 after he was caught stealing from collection bags and in
October 2006, he was charged with felony theft by state prosecutors.
An investigation showed that he stole more than $40,000 from collection
bags, wrote checks to himself and his creditors using church funds and
charged more than $62,000 in purchases at ritzy department stores to the
parish.
The former stripper, James Sosnicki, married and living in Louisville told
the Chicago Sun-Times that their relationship was never sexual and that he
paid Sorvillo back.
"He was like a big uncle to me," Sosnicki, 30, said. "If it wasn't for him,
I'd probably be living in a cardboard box right now."
Sorvillo's lawyer, Brian Collins, declined to comment.
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