A priest from the Mother Church of Sortino, in the province of Syracuse, has been accused of extortion.
Don Vincenzo Cafra was arrested red-handed while taking the one hundred euros he had asked for to celebrate a funeral : it was he who had established the fee for the ceremony.
A free offering, in theory, while Don Cafra had set a minimum threshold of one hundred euros.
The parish priest has been placed under house arrest and in the next few hours he will appear before the investigating judge of the Syracuse Court to validate the arrest.
The investigation was started after a complaint received by the military personnel.
(Unioneonline/D)