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Former Pennsylvania Priest Charged with Stealing Church Money to Fuel App Store Addiction

Using other people’s money to top up smartphones has always led to lawsuits. And more recently it was the turn of a priest from Pennsylvania. been charged with a criminal offense He stole tens of thousands of dollars from church money and used it to make transactions on the App Store, as a slot machine app, and to load “Mario Kart Tour” games, ” Candy Crush” and “Pokemon Go”.

The case began with Lawrence Kozak, a former pastor at St. Thomas More Parish in Pottstown, who spent more than $214,000 on his Apple ID. He and the church later charged $44,000 because he had used a credit card linked to the church’s payment account on his identification.

More than 2,000 transactions involving deposits into slot machine apps such as “Cash Frenzy,” “Willy Wonka Vegas Casino Slots” and “Wizard of Oz Slot Machine Game” have been reported, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Defendant Kozak said: Spending money with his slot machine app is not gambling, it is “Increasing Power”

Kozak also appears to have sent a letter and a check worth $8,000 to Thomas Kletzel, the new pastor of St. Thomas More Parish, after he was fired from the church. And now Kozak has been charged with theft and accessing equipment he didn’t have permission to use.

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