Just as a man of God is being investigated, another is being released.
Priest Joachim Kang is another naughty fella. He dipped his hands into his church monies.
So he is now working as a litigation support executive. Does that mean he is de-robed and no longer a priest?
Would parishioners trust him if he is still a priest? Would you?
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The Straits Times
17 July 2008
Jailed priest Joachim Kang freed from jail
By K. C. Vijayan
Father Joachim Kang was freed from Changi Prison on Thursday and placed on home detention scheme. The 59-year-old priest will spend the remaining eight months of his jail term at his brother's home.
He will only be allowed to travel from his home to his workplace at law firm Colin Ng & Partners, where he starts work on Monday. He can stay outdoors only from 9 am to 6 pm to go to work under the home detention scheme.
'We are happy for him and hope this will turn out well,' said his brother Paul Kang on Thursday. The family says he is still bound by prison rules and barred from talking to the press.
Kang was sentenced to 7 1/2 years jail in 2004 for misappropriating $5.1 million in church funds while serving as a parish priest at St Teresa's Church. He has served about four years and earned a one-third remission on the term for good behaviour.
Colin Ng & Partners last week received clearance from the High Court to hire Kang as a litigation-support executive. The court's approval was necessary because he will be joining the law firm as a former offender. In his new job, Kang will not be allowed to handle clients' monies.
Priest Joachim Kang is another naughty fella. He dipped his hands into his church monies.
So he is now working as a litigation support executive. Does that mean he is de-robed and no longer a priest?
Would parishioners trust him if he is still a priest? Would you?
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The Straits Times
17 July 2008
Jailed priest Joachim Kang freed from jail
By K. C. Vijayan
Father Joachim Kang was freed from Changi Prison on Thursday and placed on home detention scheme. The 59-year-old priest will spend the remaining eight months of his jail term at his brother's home.
He will only be allowed to travel from his home to his workplace at law firm Colin Ng & Partners, where he starts work on Monday. He can stay outdoors only from 9 am to 6 pm to go to work under the home detention scheme.
'We are happy for him and hope this will turn out well,' said his brother Paul Kang on Thursday. The family says he is still bound by prison rules and barred from talking to the press.
Kang was sentenced to 7 1/2 years jail in 2004 for misappropriating $5.1 million in church funds while serving as a parish priest at St Teresa's Church. He has served about four years and earned a one-third remission on the term for good behaviour.
Colin Ng & Partners last week received clearance from the High Court to hire Kang as a litigation-support executive. The court's approval was necessary because he will be joining the law firm as a former offender. In his new job, Kang will not be allowed to handle clients' monies.
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