Monsignor who stole $500,000 for gambling, concert tickets headed to federal prison
The church has forgiven Msgr. William Dombrow for embezzling a half-million dollars meant to fund the care of aging and retired priests. The federal justice system, however, showed Wednesday that it was not so ready to absolve him. U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert sentenced the former rector of Villa St. Joseph, a retirement home for priests in Darby Borough, to eight months in prison, citing the need to punish a man who stole thousands to cover his copious gambling debts, buy concert tickets, and pay for expenses on trips abroad.
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