You remember Fr. Rodney Rodis. He's just been sentenced to thirteen years for embezzling nearly half a million dollars from his parish in Louisa County, Virginia. (Technically, the judge sentenced him to 200 years--the maximum--but suspended 187 of them.) AP story is here.

Authorities said Rodis set up bank accounts and a post office box where he directed parishioners to send contributions. He then transferred the money to his personal account.Rodis was pastor at the central Virginia parishes of St. Jude and Immaculate Conception from 1993 until May 2006, when he retired because of health problems.Louisa County prosecutors have estimated that Rodis stole more than $1 million from the two parishes. The 10 embezzlement convictions relate only to the years 2003-2006.

Local TV outlets have some touching quotes from parishioners.

Rosemarie Ayres, another parishioner, said, "I thought it [the sentence] should have been more but I don't really have a right to question the judge."(...)Ayres said, "I just have a feeling that if he's ever released, he'll be deported and we'll never see a dime, and I've resigned myself to that fact."

And, best of the lot:

Parishioner Marilyn Gutekenst said, "He didn't practice what he preached at all."