Former Pastor Fernandez-Boscan gets probation for embezzling more then $33K from the St. Adalbert's Catholic Church in the Southside of Milwaukee, according to Milwaukee County court records. He wasn't ordered to pay restitution to St. Adalbert's parish.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
April 16, 2025
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On April 11th, Southside St. Adalbert's Church former Pastor Mauricio B. Fernandez-Boscan, 42, originally from Venezuela got 24 months probation for embezzling more than $33K from the St. Adalbert's Catholic Church credit card and checks without having any authority to do so. He also doesn't have to pay restitution to the parish under the guilty plea agreement for three misdemeanor counts of theft/business setting under $2,500, according to Milwaukee County court records.
Fernandez-Boscan was criminally charged on February 6, 2025 with three misdemeanor counts of theft business setting under $2,500 each.
Fernandez-Boscan was facing up to 9 months in prison and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for each count.
Fernandez-Boscan got 90 days in the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center in Franklin for each count, but the sentenced was stayed by Milwaukee County Judge Kristela L. Cervera. Cervera did not ordered for Fernandez-Boscan to pay restitution to the parish.
According to the criminal complaint, between 2018 to 2022, Fernandez-Boscan used the St. Adalbert's Church credit card to unlawfully charge $20,715.42 of unauthorized and inappropriate expenses for buying a Central Saw and Mower at a cost of $3,383.51, spending at Best Buy a total of $1,406.96, for airline charges to take a trip to Mexico at a cost of $2,156.48, Floor and Décor expense of $2,410.50, for Vision Works $529.95, Saint Francis de Sale Seminary expense of $2,350.00, and taking a trip to Italy costing $8,478.02. He used the parish credit card to pay for his own personal bills totaling $4,689.23. Fernandez-Boscan also wrote several checks for his personal expenses using the parish financial account for $8,153.94 (used to pay the Chenhalls Nissen SC law firm for legal immigration services), totalling up to $33,558.59 of expenses.
The financial transactions by Fernandez-Boscan were made in access of his authority and without consent, according to the criminal complaint.