Former pastor who used 'church funds as his own personal account' jailed for stealing €125k

Earlier this month the court had heard that Ebenezer Oduntan had expressed a certain amount of remorse but did not accept the jury’s verdict

The judge sentenced Oduntan to seven years in prison on the deception charges, six-and-a-half years for the theft convictions and three-and-a-half years for providing false information to the CRO with all sentences to run concurrently. She also suspended the final six months of all sentences. File picture

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 of a range of theft and fraud offences following a three-week trial at Naas Circuit Criminal Court last month.