Malin Rostas was arrested Thursday and charged with burglary and petit larceny for the incident that occurred on March 3 at the American Martyrs Roman Catholic…
A man was arrested after police said he impersonated a priest to gain access to a Queens church, then stole hundreds of dollars from an unlocked bedroom.
Father Peter Rayder said Rostas went into the church on Bell Boulevard pretending to be a friendly priest in town to concelebrate, a practice where a visiting priest can officiate with other priests from a different parish. As he was entering, he encountered an 85-year-old senior priest and tricked him, saying he left something in the rectory and needed to retrieve it.The trusting priest let Rostas inside.
Police said it wasn't the first time Rostas has done such a thing. According to published reports, he had been moving around the country posing as a priest, looking to rob unsuspecting clergy.He was also caught doing the same thing at another church in Riverside County — in California. In April, the Moreno Valley Sherriff's office got him, assisted by surveillance photos put out by the NYPD. He was extradited on Thursday.
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