In what's becoming something of a running theme for PCG's news coverage this week, a Catholic priest in Pottstown, Pennsylvania has been accused by police of dropping over $40,000 of the Church's money on mobile games. Namely, Candy Crush, Mario Kart Tour, Pokémon Go, various slot machine and hidden object games, and Cash Frenzy.
As reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Kotaku), the Reverend Lawrence Kozak was charged by PA cops of using a credit card tied to Saint Thomas More Parish to spend $41,879.83 on addictive games over several years. Per the police affidavit, incongruous purchases on the church's credit card stretch back to 2019, and the situation was first brought to police attention by church officials in 2022.
