Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of Bishop Emanuel Hana Shaleta, head of San Diego's Chaldean Catholic community, following his arrest on allegations of misappropriating $250,000 in church funds. The bishop was apprehended at the airport while attempting to depart the United States.
A former bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter in San Diego has pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges of embezzlement and money laundering, accused of diverting over $270,000 in church funds. The Vatican has accepted his resignation amidst the ongoing legal and canonical investigations.
A former local TV news reporter has been arrested and charged in connection with two separate, racially targeted shootings along a remote mountain highway near San Diego, with prosecutors pursuing hate crime enhancements.
Ex-journalist Ricardo Berron is charged with assault following two separate incidents where victims report being asked about their ethnicity before gunfire erupted. Authorities are investigating potential hate crime enhancements.
Bishop Emanuel Shaleta, arrested last week at San Diego International Airport, entered a not guilty plea to 15 felony counts related to the alleged misappropriation of church funds. The case has sent shockwaves through the local Chaldean Catholic community.
Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Emanuel Shaleta of San Diego, who faces multiple felony charges for allegedly embezzling hundreds of thousands in church funds. The Vatican announced the move Tuesday, months after the bishop's arrest.
As a partial government shutdown drags on, leaving TSA agents unpaid and airport lines growing, passengers express solidarity with federal workers and widespread frustration with Washington's political stalemate.
Bishop Emanuel Shaleta pleaded not guilty to multiple felonies related to the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands from his parish, as reports surface of visits to a Tijuana brothel district. The Vatican has accepted his resignation.
