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San Jose, Calif., Mar 24, 2017 \/ 06:38 am (CNA<\/a>).- A priest in California has been found guilty of diverting $19,000 in donations to his personal account.<\/p>\n

Father Hien Minh Nguyen, 57, was found guilty on 14 counts of bank fraud by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman of San Jose, CBS San Francisco reports.<\/p>\n

The donations, made between 2005 and 2007, had been intended for the Vietnamese Catholic Center in San Jose. Fr. Nguyen had served as the center\u2019s director from 2001-2011. He has also served as a pastor of St. Patrick\u2019s Church, now called Our Lady of La Vang.<\/p>\n

The priest previously pleaded guilty to tax evasion for the years 2008-2011. He faces sentencing for all convictions on June 30. He could face a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison for each bank fraud account, and a maximum sentence of five years for each tax evasion count.<\/p>\n

Fr. Nguyen has been a priest of the Diocese of San Jose since 1995. He has been on a personal leave of absence since December 2013. Fr. Nguyen was born in Vietnam and fled to the U.S. as a boy during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n

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