A high-ranking leader of an El Cajon church was arrested Thursday on suspicion of embezzling from his congregation.
Bishop Emmanuel Shaleta of St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral was detained at San Diego International Airport while attempting to leave the country and booked on suspicion of eight counts each of embezzlement and money laundering, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.
A high-ranking leader of an El Cajon church was arrested Thursday on suspicion of embezzling from his congregation.
Bishop Emmanuel Shaleta of St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral was detained at San Diego International Airport while attempting to leave the country and booked on suspicion of eight counts each of embezzlement and money laundering, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.
Shaleta has resigned from his post at the Jamacha Way church in the midst of a Vatican-ordered investigation into the allegations, according to The Pillar.
Shaleta is being held at San Diego Central Jail on $125,000 bail pending trial, the Sheriff's Office reported.
(Photo: St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral)