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Staff writer Michael D. McElwain SIGNED — Former Diocese of Steubenville Vicar General Kurt Kemo, right, signs his guilty plea Wednesday in Jefferson Common Pleas Court while his attorney, Chris Amato of Wellsville, looks on. Kemo, 64, admitted diverting nearly $300,000 in diocesan funds for his own use. He made full restitution to the diocese during the proceedings. STEUBENVILLE Monsignor Kurt Kemo, vicar general of the Diocese of Steubenville for well over a decade, bought expensive clothes, took flying lessons and booked hotel stays on his credit card. On Wednesday, Kemo admitted in Jefferson Common Pleas Court he’d diverted nearly $300,000 in funds intended for various projects in the diocese, including charitable endeavors, to subsidize his extravagant lifestyle.

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lharris@herldstaronline.com PLEADS GUILTY — Monsignor Kurt Kemo, former vicar general of the Diocese of Steubenville, listened to proceedings Wednesday in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court. — Michael D. McElwain STEUBENVILLE Monsignor Kurt Kemo, former vicar general of the Diocese of Steubenville, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Jefferson Common Pleas Court to pocketing nearly $300,000 in diocesan funds. Kemo, 64, was sentenced to six months in the Eastern Ohio Correction Center followed by six years of community control two years for aggravated theft by control without consent of funds intended for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, aggravated theft by control without consent of diocese funds and receiving stolen property.