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<b>US priests 'in $800,000 theft'</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->BBC Religious Affairs Correspondent 
Father John Skehan admits stealing the money for property and rare coins
Two Roman Catholic priests have been accused of stealing $800,000 (£577,000)from the collection plate of their church in the US state of Florida.

<b>They allegedly planned to spend the money on property, holidays and gambling.</b>

One of the priests, <b>Fr John Skehan, 81</b>, abandoned his not guilty plea, but <b>Fr Francis Guinan, 66,</b> denies the charges.

US law - the statute of limitations - prevents the priests being charged with thefts that occurred before 2001.
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