It is at his home in Fréjus that the police got their hands, this Monday noon, on Edmond Romano, alias Don Romano or brother Marie-Joseph, it is according to. Since then, the sixty-year-old suspected of having swindled a regular at the Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire basilica in Saint-Raphaël, in the heart of summer, has been in police custody.
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She accuses him of having lied about his real job and his intentions. He would have presented himself as a director of an orphanage in Benin in search of funding to recruit a teacher within the so-called religious structure. What he denied during his hearing, according to our information.
The damage amounts to several thousand euros.
The false priest had become a faithful of the Raphael offices since the end of July, until serving mass there. This is why the parish of Fréjus – Saint-Raphaël, on behalf of the Church, had also lodged a complaint for theft of identity and office.
Following the hearings, it was decided to refer the suspect. Edmond Romano will be tried in immediate appearance this Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m. at the Draguignan court.
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