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California bishop’s alleged secret double life explodes into felony case
Fox News ^
| 03-10-2026
| Julia Bonavita
Posted on 03/10/2026 9:36:52 PM PDT by OrangeHoof
A California bishop who allegedly frequented Mexican brothels is facing more than a dozen felony charges stemming from allegations that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his church.
Bishop Emanuel Shaleta of Saint Peter’s Chaldean in San Diego pleaded not guilty to eight counts of embezzlement, eight counts of money laundering and one count of aggravated white collar crime enhancement at a court hearing on Monday, according to KUSI.
Shaleta was arrested at the San Diego International Airport while trying to leave the country on Thursday, March 5, the San Diego Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
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TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bishop; brothel; california; californication; catholic; donations; ethics; isitthemyogi; romancatholic; stunedbeeber; themagain
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< snip > The charges come after Catholic news outlet The Pillar reported that Shaleta allegedly made multiple visits to a brothel in Tijuana’s Zona Norte red-light district — an area long scrutinized for human trafficking — while also allegedly misusing church funds.
The outlet also uncovered church documents showing more than $420,000 was allegedly appropriated by Shaleta, while noting the total could be as high as $1 million.
To: OrangeHoof
What does he think he is? A megachurch televangelist?
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posted on
03/10/2026 9:39:52 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: NorthMountain
Hey. Go ye into all the world.
Does that include Mexico?
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posted on
03/10/2026 9:51:04 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
To: OrangeHoof
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posted on
03/10/2026 10:01:11 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: OrangeHoof
He was getting his beeber stunned in TJ.
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posted on
03/10/2026 10:11:20 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Import the third world. Become the second world.)
To: SaveFerris
>
I didn’t know that there was such a thing as a “mega-brothel” Nor did I. See, if ya keep yer eyes open ya learn somethin' new every day. :-)
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posted on
03/10/2026 10:11:28 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
To: OrangeHoof
There was another priest, I believe from the Boston archdiocese, who ran off to California and essentially set up a gay brothel. I tried to look up his name, but it's very difficult to do this because the number of defrocked priests
just in the state of Massachusetts includes 281 from the Boston Archdiocese, 31 from the Archdiocese of Fall River, 49 from from the Archdiocese of Springfield, and 42 from from the Archdiocese of Worcester.
That's a total of 403 from Massachusetts.
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posted on
03/10/2026 10:24:37 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: OrangeHoof
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posted on
03/10/2026 10:30:20 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: dayglored
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posted on
03/10/2026 10:33:12 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: OrangeHoof
Wow. I’ve been to Tijuana many times, even as a young man, but I always thought it better not to go to the whorehouses there.
I did see a show in Juarez, though….
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posted on
03/10/2026 10:54:34 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.”)
To: OrangeHoof
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posted on
03/10/2026 11:10:10 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
To: ConservativeMind
A priest that’s not gay? Some priests are picky about where they get their STD’s from.
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posted on
03/11/2026 3:03:21 AM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: OrangeHoof
Not surprised... the Catholic religion has a problem with sex offenders and money, as does any organized religion.
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posted on
03/11/2026 3:04:57 AM PDT
by
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
03/11/2026 3:27:34 AM PDT
by
KSCITYBOY
(The media is corrupt)
To: SaveFerris
Where all the girls are super sized?
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posted on
03/11/2026 3:48:53 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: SaveFerris
Seep ye first the kingdom of Mexico, and all these...
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posted on
03/11/2026 3:50:08 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: OrangeHoof; ebb tide
WHAT?!
A Catholic complaint that is NOT posted by et?
Oh, wait. It's not about the pope.
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posted on
03/11/2026 4:14:15 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: maddog55
And the REST of society is ok...
pffft
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posted on
03/11/2026 4:19:42 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: NorthMountain
He must think he is non-catholic, his sexual attraction appears to be females.
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posted on
03/11/2026 4:28:34 AM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: NorthMountain
He identifies as a Somali immigrant.
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posted on
03/11/2026 4:38:40 AM PDT
by
pas
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