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 Priest, described as a handsome aficionado of expensive clothes and luxury goods, had fled the country with a young woman who is a married employee of the bank 

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Franciscan priest Sime Nimac earlier this year signed a deal with a local firm to sell a plot of church land, the Split archdiocese said in statement.

Nimac, 34, the former parish priest of Baska Voda on the southern Adriatic coast, in May withdrew more than 980,000 euros in cash from the parish's account "without a valid explanation why the money was taken and what it will be used for," the archdiocese added, amid media reports the Catholic clergyman had fled with a married woman..

Local media have reported that the  from which the cash was withdrawn.

The property had been sold without church authorities' written approval, and the Franciscans have filed a suit to annul the deal.

According to media reports, Nimac had recently demanded to be defrocked.

Nearly 90 percent of Croatia's 4.2 million population are Roman Catholics.

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Sun May 19 04:08:31 SAST 2013 ::

Oct 18, 2012

D-liciousLips

Local media have reported that the ........ from which the cash was withdrawn.

Sowetan really, are you playing the "fill in the missing word" game with us? come on.
and as for you mister handsome young priest, word od advice, things are not gonna end good for you, you dont under any circumstances steal from people in the name of God
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