Nun Sentenced To Jail For Stealing From Collection Plates

Sister Mary Ann Rapp has been sentenced to 90 days in jail, five years of probation, and 100 hours of community service, for stealing $128,000 from two small churches in upstate New York. In court earlier this week she told the judge she stole the money because she was addicted to gambling. Rapp managed to take the money over a five year period between 2006 and 2011 by skimming off the collection plates and through other church funds she could get her hands on. Many of the parishioners affected showed up in court to support the nun, but the judge still ordered she serve jail time.