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September 13, 2007

Church money funded Conn. priest's lavish lifestyle

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A former Darien priest pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of church money by setting up secret bank accounts to pay for a life of luxury, including traveling around the world and buying a condominium.

Rev. Michael Jude Fay, who resigned last year as pastor of St. John Roman Catholic Church, pleaded guilty in federal court to interstate transportation of money obtained by fraud. He set up hidden accounts he called the Bridget Fund and the Don Bosco account to commit the fraud.

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