Iowa priest charged with ‘fake missionary’ fraud, theft

Iowa priest charged with ‘fake missionary’ fraud, theft

An Iowa priest has pled not guilty to criminal theft, after he was arrested last month on charges of stealing $164,000 from his rural parish.Fr. Tom Thakadipuram. Credit: Fr. Tom Thakadipuram/Facebook.According to court records, the priest deposited parish money into a bank account he created for a fake missionary organization, and from there transferred it into his own bank account. He is facing six counts of theft.An expert in parish theft say…