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Orlando: former diocesan chancellor accused of fraud

September 06, 2016

A priest who once served as the Diocese of Orlando’s chancellor has been removed from ministry.

Father Nicholas King was arrested on charges of defrauding a 79-year-old widow of $88,700. He allegedly spent the money on a car and other personal items at a time when his Rockledge, Florida parish lacked funds to pay wages to employees of its school, according to a local media report.

 

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