Former Kansas foster care leader pleads guilty to wire fraud, admits personal charges - Dodge City Daily Globe

Former Kansas foster care leader pleads guilty to wire fraud, admits personal charges - Dodge City Daily Globe

BY SHERMAN SMITHKansas Reflector TOPEKA — Former Saint Francis Ministries CEO Robert Smith admitted in federal court Thursday that he used the organization’s credit card… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Priest Who Led Kansas Nonprofit Pleads Guilty

The Rev. Robert (Bobby) Smith, who led the foster care nonprofit Saint Francis Ministries in Salina, Kansas, admitted in federal court on February 19 to devising a scheme to defraud the organization and using its credit cards for personal expenses. Smith was CEO of one of Kansas’ largest foster care contractors from 2014 to 2020. The plea is a result of a 2022 indictment in which the priest, a canonical resident of the Diocese of Chicago, was ch…