An Italian churchman dubbed the ‘pusher priest’ who stole parish funds to throw drug-fuelled gay orgies has been sentenced to three years and eight months in jail.
Father Francesco Spagnesi, aged 40, and his legal team negotiated the sentence as part of a plea deal in which charges of drug dealing, trafficking and misappropriation were upheld.
But charges of attempted grievous harm against Spagnesi were dropped, despite the priest allegedly failing to tell the numerous male partners he had unprotected sex with that he was HIV-positive.
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