"Nun escapes prison term for embezzling $850,000 from Catholic college"

Original snippet posted Monday, November 14, 2011 @ catholicculture.org/news

"A New York judge has decided against a prison sentence for a nun who pleaded guilty to stealing $850,000 from a Catholic school where she was a financial official.

"Sister Marie Thornton admitted embezzling the funds from Iona College, explaining that she used the money to sustain a gambling habit.

"But Iona did not demand financial restitution, and Judge Kimba Wood accepted a defense recommendation that Sister Thornton be spared a possible 3 - year prison term.

"She will perform community service instead.

"The nun's religious community has taken a stricter approach.

"The New York Post reports that Sister Thornton is living in virtual solitary confinement in a Philadelphia convent..."

Wow! That ought to work, work, huh??!! :)