Priest who used collection plate for drugs cuts plea bargain

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 7 - A court in the Tuscan city of Prato on Monday accepted a plea bargain in which a parish priest, Don Francesco Spagnesi, got a jail term of three years, eight months for stealing from the church collection plate and using the money to buy narcotics for drugs-and-sex parties.
    The deal sees the accusations against 40-year-old priest for drug dealing and trafficking and misappropriation upheld.
    But an accusation of attempted grievous harm for failing to tell his sexual partners that he was HIV positive has been dropped.
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