Bogus cleric arrested for defrauding priests. 23-year-old man from Andria in Puglia was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of posing as a priest.

Vincenzo Pastore, was already facing prison time for similar alleged crimes, police said. The man was caught after a priest in Canosa di Puglia reported him for bilking him out of money he had claimed he would give to a single mother. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA 2013.