The money had reportedly been donated by the faithful to help the poorest in society but he had pocketed it instead and used it to orchestrate the drug-fuelled orgies. The former priest, who expressed remorse over his actions, will also have to return the approximately EUR 300,000 (£257,000) he stole from his parish. Spagnesi will serve part of his sentence in a therapeutic community, where he will receive treatment for his drug addiction, and he will also be required to perform community service. An Italian churchman dubbed the 'pusher priest' who stole parish funds to throw drug-fuelled gay orgies has been sentenced to three years and eight months in jail.įather Francesco Spagnesi, aged 40, and his legal team negotiated the sentence as part of a plea deal in which charges of drug dealing, trafficking and misappropriation were upheld.īut charges of attempted grievous harm against Spagnesi were dropped, despite the priest allegedly failing to tell the numerous male partners he had unprotected sex with that he was HIV-positive.
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