Connecticut priest who sold meth seeks reduced sentence
March 17, 2015
A Connecticut priest who last year pleaded guilty to drug trafficking has asked for a lenient sentence, citing his charitable work.
Msgr. Kevin Wallin, who is now suspended from pastoral work in the Bridgeport diocese, admitted to trading in methamphetamine, after becoming addicted himself. He also purchased an adult video store, apparently hoping to use it to launder the profits of his drug operations.
Msgr. Wallin could face up to 10 years in federal prison. As his sentencing date approaches in federal court, his attorney has filed a plea for a reduced sentence. “The record evidence demonstrates that Kevin Wallin is an extraordinary man whose remarkable character and acts have touched thousands of people," the attorney argued. “He fell from grace and did criminal wrong, but has confessed his crimes and has been working hard to atone for them."
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Further information:
- Connecticut priest who ran meth ring pleads for leniency (AP)
- Connecticut priest to plead guilty on meth-sale charge (CWN, 3/27/13)
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Posted by: feedback -
Mar. 19, 2015 9:03 AM ET USA
Case like this shows the wisdom of Pope Francis in his abolishment of the conferral of “Monsignor” titles for priests under 65.
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Posted by: [email protected] -
Mar. 18, 2015 7:29 PM ET USA
Send him to jail for a long time for all the lives he has destroyed.
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Posted by: 1Jn416 -
Mar. 18, 2015 12:51 PM ET USA
This man used to be the rector of the Bridgeport Diocese cathedral. He had cross-dressing sex parties in the rectory, became a large meth dealer, and ran an adult video shop to launder the money. Whatever prison sentence he gets, I hope that Bridgeport's new bishop, Frank Caggiano, will seek his laicization.
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Posted by: unum -
Mar. 17, 2015 6:26 PM ET USA
Our courts are created to dispense justice. Our confessionals are gifts of God to dispense forgiveness. Let's not confuse the two!
