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Priest Accused of Meth Dealing Due in Court Next Week

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A Connecticut Roman Catholic priest accused of taking selling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine will plead guilty to one charge against him.

Msg. Kevin Wallin, the 61-year-old former pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Bridgeport, is accused of receiving shipments of crystal meth from a California distributor and selling it to an undercover officer six times between September 2012 and January 2013.

He resigned in 2011 citing health and personal issues and was suspended from public ministry last May by the Diocese of Bridgeport.

According to court documents, Wallin had a crystal meth addiction and sold the drug out of his Waterbury apartment as well as the parking lot of Land of Oz in North Haven, an adult specialty store and smoke shop, that he bought in the fall.

He pleaded not guilty in December. According to a court filing, Wallin is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to sell methamphetamines.

He is scheduled to appear in federal court in Hartford next week.

 



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