Monsignor kevin wallin sentenced to prison
Monsignor kevin wallin sentenced to prison
Monsignor kevin wallin sentenced to prison life!
HARTFORD, Conn. - A suspended Roman Catholic priest, dubbed "Monsignor Meth", apologized Thursday for running a meth distribution ring and letting down scores of friends and parishioners.
Moments later, Monsignor Kevin Wallin was sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison, less than the 10 years he faced, but more than the four years he sought.
"I have never from the day I was arrested denied my guilt," Wallin, 63, said at the sentencing hearing in U.S.
District Court in Hartford. "The day I was arrested was a very good day.
Monsignor kevin wallin sentenced to prison today
It took me out of that situation."
Prosecutors said Wallin received meth in the mail from California suppliers and supplied a New York distributor. He also bought an adult video and sex toy shop named "Land of Oz & Dorothy's Place," apparently to launder profits from the drug ring, they said.
Wallin, who pleaded guilty to a meth conspiracy charge in 2013, has been in jail for 28 months.
With time served, he will be behind bars for about three more years