Car crash reveals priest embezzled $95,000

Thursday, July 25th, 2019

When emergency workers rushed to the scene of a Santa Rosa car accident June 19, they found Father Oscar Diaz, a local pastor, stuck in the car with a broken hip and other injuries. They also found $18,305.86, in cash.

Diaz told police the money was his salary; it wasn’t. Continue reading

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