MONTREAL: A Canadian priest was charged this week for stealing more than half a million dollars intended for the resettlement of Syrian refugees, and then gambling it away.
Amer Saka, 51, a clergyman of the Chaldean Catholic Church -- based in Baghdad -- had allegedly collected the funds from more than 20 donors to support refugees arriving from the war-torn nation, according to local police.
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