Rodney Rodis sentencing today in Louisa
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By Staff Reports
Published: January 14, 2009
LOUISA -- Former Catholic priest Rodney L. Rodis is to be sentenced this morning in Louisa County Circuit Court for stealing from two parishes he served as pastor.
A Louisa jury convicted Rodis in October on 10 felony theft counts and recommended he serve a total of 200 years in prison, the maximum allowed.
Rodis, a native of the Philippines, testified at his trial that he was trying to help needy family members and others in his homeland.
But Louisa Commonwealth's Attorney Thomas A. Garrett Jr. said Rodis also bought an upscale two-story house with the money.
According to court testimony, Rodis stole more than $1 million from Immaculate Conception and St. Jude Catholic churches as he solicited money for major capital campaigns.
Rodis already is serving a five-year prison term for mail fraud, money laundering and wire fraud in a related federal case.
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