Former pastor who stole €125,000 from his own church in Kildare jailed for six-and-a-half years

There had been no financial controls of the finances at the church because Ebenezer Oduntan, above, outside court in Naas, was held in such high esteem, the judge said. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins

Seán McCárthaigh

A former pastor who engaged in theft and fraud to steal more than €125,000 from his own Kildare-based church has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison.

Ebenezer Oduntan, a former pastor of the City of David Church in Naas, Co Kildare was convicted of 87 charges for a range of theft and fraud offences following a three-week trial at Naas Circuit Criminal Court last month.