The News About Nun Stealing From Archdiocese

Apparently bingo wasn’t enough for Sister Barbara Markey a Nun at the Omaha Archdiocese. Sister Markey pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $1,500 from the Archdiocese. An audit showed the nun had spent $307,545 most of it to cover gambling debts.

73-year-old Sister Barbara Markey is an internationally known clinical psychologist who helped develop the FOCCUS marriage-preparation program. While director of the FOCCUS marriage-preparation program financial irregularities discovered in 2006 resulted in Sister Markey’s termination. The Nun agreed to pay $125,000 in restitution.

Sister Markey will be sentenced in July and faces up to 20 years in prison.

Nuns and Priest, the people we are supposed to trust most with our religious education and solace are the ones that can let you down the most when put to high on a pedestal.

That’s the news about that. I hope the news about you is good news.

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