A federal judge today delayed the incarceration of the former pastor of St. John Roman Catholic Church in Darien — headed to prison for stealing more than $1 million from church coffers for personal use — so he can receive medical treatment for prostate cancer.U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton set Sept. 17 as the new surrender date for Michael Jude Fay.
Both Lawrence Hopkins, Fay's lawyer and Senior Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Schechter urged Arterton to delay the incarceration until that date.
The judge asked that a conference be conducted Sept. 10 to update her on Fay's medical condition and treatment.
Last Dec. 4, Arterton sentenced Fay to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervision by the U.S. Probation Department. She also ordered him to repay $1 million to the parish.
A federal investigation determined that Fay used the money from cash collections for personal use. He pleaded guilty to a charge of interstate transportation of money obtained by fraud.
The prosecution claimed Fay stole more than $1.3 million from 1999 to 2006 by funneling it into two secret bank accounts. An audit by the Diocese of Bridgeport determined Fay spent $1.4 million to buy designer clothing, rent limousines, purchase expensive jewelry and travel extensively. He also purchased a condominium in Fort Lauderdale with a male partner and made a down payment on a condo in Philadelphia.
The motion for the delay advises Arterton that Fay is scheduled for treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York on Wednesday, as well as blood work, heart tests and oncological work during a Sept. 10 office visit.
The court filings note that Sloan-Kettering is working with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on a plan to have an experimental drug administered to Fay while he is incarcerated.
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