Former Starkville priest indicted for 10 counts of wire fraud
The former priest of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Starkville was indicted on multiple charges of wire fraud earlier this year after federal investigators said he defrauded parishioners of more than $18,000, according to court documents which were unsealed Wednesday.
St. Joseph parishioners start petition to block priest reassignment
For some parishioners at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Starkville, the cure seems almost as bad as the illness.
Embattled Vargas removed from St. Joseph church
The Jackson Catholic Diocese has confirmed that Father Lenin Vargas is being removed from the ministry staff at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Starkville.
A crisis of confidence: Anonymous parishioners react to fraud allegations against Starkville priest
In three weeks since federal investigators raided the offices of the Diocese of Jackson, uncovering both fraud and a cover-up at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Starkville, parishioners say the shockwaves are still reverberating in Starkville and in Macon.