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Tue 2 Apr, 2013 12:20 pm
You couldn't make this up.
Quote:US priest pleads guilty to drug dealing charges Kevin Wallin was suspended from his diocese in May
A Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to selling methamphetamine from his flat in the US state of Connecticut, and buying an adult video and sex toy shop.
Kevin Wallin, 61, admitted making more than $300,000 (£200,000) from drugs sent to him from California.
The shop, Land of Oz and Dorothy's Place, was bought to launder the drug money, prosecutors said.
Wallin is due to be sentenced on 25 June. The sentence, already agreed, is between 11 and 14 years in jail.
Prosecutors said Wallin had sold nearly 4lb (1.8kg) of methamphetamine.
He was the pastor of St Augustine Parish in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for nine years, before he resigned in June 2011, citing personal and health reasons.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22008559