An Italian priest has gambled
away more than 620,000 dollars of his parish money, reports said on Thursday.
Flavio Gobbo, 48, negotiated a
plea bargain for a suspended two-year jail term for embezzlement, according
Corriere della Sera, a newspaper in Italy.
As part of the deal, he has
promised to gradually return the money and signed up for therapy against
gambling addiction, with the support of his church superiors.
“In this long and streneous
journey, Father Flavio has mainly found support in prayers, but also in the
will to return soon,” to active ministry, the Diocese of Treviso said in a
statement.
Gobbo left his post as parish
priest in Spinea, near Venice, in October 2016.
At the time, the local church
said he was suffering from exhaustion.
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