He went from holy water to hot water.
A Catholic priest from Pennsylvania was busted for allegedly swiping more than $740,000 from churches — and his own mom — to pay for gay sex and lavish vacations, according to prosecutors.
Gregory Allen Madeya, 69, of West Mifflin is accused of stealing nearly $320,000 from three churches in Pennsylvania along with $250,000 from his elderly mom, according to TribLive.
In total, prosecutors place the combined alleged theft from the three Western Pennsylvania churches, parishioners, donors, and his mom at $740,409.96, the outlet said.
The priest from hell is accused of using the cash — some of which he allegedly snatched from church collection envelopes — to buy heroin to exchange for sex acts with a man he’d meet at hotels, according to the outlet.
He allegedly also blew God’s dough on overseas vacations, cruise ship tours and a $35,500 Ford Mustang he gifted to the same man, who eventually moved in with him, according to prosecutors.
Investigators say Madeya withdrew $75,000 from the general fund of a church where he served as priest, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Derry Township, between 2021 and 2022.
He was suspended from the church in February 2024.
Madeya allegedly also stole from two other churches affiliated with Ukrainian Catholic churches in the nearby towns of McKeesport and Jeannette, prosecutors said.
During one of the thefts, he’s accused of snatching a $19,400 gold chalice from a church.
During a three-year probe, investigators allegedly found collection envelopes in his trash and photos of debit cards and bank documents on his personal devices, the AG’s office said.
“It is unconscionable to see a supposed man of God exploiting not only the churches he served, but his own mother,” Pennsylvania AG Dave Sunday said in a statement, noting that the elderly woman was “of the age when she could not manage her own finances.”
“This defendant abused the trust of those around him, and left them to recover from mammoth financial losses.”
Madeya was arrested in Vero Beach, Florida on Aug. 14 and was extradited back to Pennsylvania, according to The Latrobe Bulletin.
He was charged with theft, financial exploitation of an older adult and fraud.
His bail was set at $25,000 and he is due back in court next month.
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