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Nun accused of embezzling $850,000
By: The Associated Press//December 13, 2010
NEW ROCHELLE — A Catholic nun who ran a suburban New York City college’s finances embezzled more than $850,000 and spent it on herself, federal prosecutors said Friday.
The U.S. attorney in Manhattan said Sister Marie Thornton used Iona College funds for her personal expenses from 1999 to 2009. As vice president of finance, she submitted false invoices and had Iona pay her credit card bills, the complaint said.
It did not detail her expenses. Thornton, 62, was arrested Thursday and pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan. She was allowed to remain free. Thornton’s religious order, the Sisters of St. Joseph, said Thornton had been recalled and her activities had been restricted. It said she has been ordered to cooperate with investigators and is being given “emotional and spiritual support.”
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