A nun with the Sisters of Bethany Order, prays throughout Easter Mass, whereas sustaining social distancing at a live-streamed service from the Christ the King Church Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 12, 2020. (AP Picture/Damian Dovarganes)
LOS ANGELES --
A Los Angeles nun and faculty principal who stole greater than US$800,000 to pay for a playing behavior was sentenced Monday to a yr in federal jail.
Mary Margaret Kreuper, 80, admitted to stealing the cash from 2008 to 2018 whereas she was principal at St. James Catholic Faculty within the L.A. suburb of Torrance.
She pleaded responsible final July to at least one rely every of wire fraud and cash laundering
U.S. District Courtroom Choose Otis D. Wright II additionally ordered Kreuper to pay again the college roughly $835,000 as restitution, the Lengthy Seaside Press-Telegram reported.
"I've sinned, I've damaged the legislation and I've no excuses," Kreuper mentioned through teleconference. "My actions have been in violation of my vows, my commandments, the legislation and, above all, the sacred belief that so many had positioned in me. I used to be fallacious and I am profoundly sorry for the ache and struggling I've brought on so many individuals."
Prosecutors mentioned that in a plea settlement that the now-retired elementary faculty principal acknowledged that she embezzled donations, tuition and costs.
In her plea settlement, Kreuper acknowledged diverting cash to pay for private bills that included bank card prices and "massive playing bills incurred at casinos," the U.S. legal professional's workplace mentioned.
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