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I've always admired, respected, and appreciated Nuns.
I grew up when these special people wore habits.
In fact, my very first job was as a laundry assistant at a Sisters of Mercy Hospital.
I also attended a Catholic junior high.
My father worked as the hospital administrator.
One of my duties was to collect the habits from their quarters on the hospital grounds.
This article breaks my heart.
However, I've always lamented the day many various Orders allowed these special women to not wear the habit.
On the other hand, priests (whom I also admire) were never ordered to remove their collars.
Our planet remains a perplexing place, filled with inexplicable issues.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles nun who stole more than $800,000 to pay for a gambling habit has been sentenced to time in prison.
Eighty-year-old Mary Margaret Kreuper admitted stealing the money from 2008 to 2018 while she was principal at St. James Catholic School in the LA suburb of Torrance.
She pleaded guilty last July to wire fraud and money laundering.
"I have sinned, I've broken the law and I have no excuses," Kreuper told the court via teleconference.
In her plea agreement, Kreuper acknowledged diverting money to pay for personal expenses including gambling expenses incurred at casinos.
The judge appeared to struggle with his decision to sentence Kreuper.
"I haven't slept well in God knows how long," U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Prosecutors reportedly wanted Kreuper sentenced to two years in federal prison. However, the judge handed down a one-year sentence.
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I grew up when these special people wore habits.
In fact, my very first job was as a laundry assistant at a Sisters of Mercy Hospital.
I also attended a Catholic junior high.
My father worked as the hospital administrator.
One of my duties was to collect the habits from their quarters on the hospital grounds.
This article breaks my heart.
However, I've always lamented the day many various Orders allowed these special women to not wear the habit.
On the other hand, priests (whom I also admire) were never ordered to remove their collars.
Our planet remains a perplexing place, filled with inexplicable issues.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles nun who stole more than $800,000 to pay for a gambling habit has been sentenced to time in prison.
Eighty-year-old Mary Margaret Kreuper admitted stealing the money from 2008 to 2018 while she was principal at St. James Catholic School in the LA suburb of Torrance.
She pleaded guilty last July to wire fraud and money laundering.
"I have sinned, I've broken the law and I have no excuses," Kreuper told the court via teleconference.
In her plea agreement, Kreuper acknowledged diverting money to pay for personal expenses including gambling expenses incurred at casinos.
The judge appeared to struggle with his decision to sentence Kreuper.
"I haven't slept well in God knows how long," U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Prosecutors reportedly wanted Kreuper sentenced to two years in federal prison. However, the judge handed down a one-year sentence.
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